klokan

See also: Klokan

Czech

Etymology

Probably coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl in the 19th century, probably inspired by skokan; the initial k- probably according to German Känguruh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklokan]
• Rhymes: -okan
• Hyphenation: klo‧kan

Noun

klokan m anim

1. kangaroo

Declension

Declension of klokan (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	klokan	klokani
genitive	klokana	klokanů
dative	klokanovi, klokanu	klokanům
accusative	klokana	klokany
vocative	klokane	klokani
locative	klokanovi, klokanu	klokanech
instrumental	klokanem	klokany

Derived terms

• klokaní

 

Further reading

• “klokan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “klokan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Czech klokan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klǒkan/
• Hyphenation: klo‧kan

Noun

klòkan m (Cyrillic spelling кло̀кан)

1. (Croatia) kangaroo

   Synonym: kȅngūr

Declension

Declension of klokan

	singular	plural
nominative	klokan	klokani
genitive	klokana	klokana
dative	klokanu	klokanima
accusative	klokana	klokane
vocative	klokane	klokani
locative	klokanu	klokanima
instrumental	klokanom	klokanima

Slovene

Etymology

From Czech klokan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klóːkan/

Noun

klọ̑kan m anim

1. kangaroo

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	klókan
gen. sing.	klókana
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	klókan	klókana	klókani
genitive (rodȋlnik)	klókana	klókanov	klókanov
dative (dajȃlnik)	klókanu	klókanoma	klókanom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	klókana	klókana	klókane
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	klókanu	klókanih	klókanih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	klókanom	klókanoma	klókani

Synonyms

• kengurú

Further reading

• “klokan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024