cangaru

See also: cangarú

Scottish Gaelic

Cangaru.

Etymology

Borrowed from English kangaroo. Compare Irish cangarú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaŋkəɾu/
• Hyphenation: can‧ga‧ru

Noun

cangaru m

1. kangaroo

Declension

Declension of cangaru (type III masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	cangaru	cangaruthan
genitive	cangaru	changaruthan
dative	cangaru	cangaruthan
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) cangaru	(na) cangaruthan
genitive	(a') changaru	(nan) cangaruthan
dative	(a') changaru	(na) cangaruthan
vocative	changaru	changaruthan

Mutation

Mutation of cangaru

radical	lenition
cangaru	changaru

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “cangaru”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 112