sebra

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zebra, from Portuguese zebra, from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azebra (“wild ass”), from earlier cebrario (882), ezebrario (897), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.bra/

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Noun

sebra (plural sebras)

1. zebra

   Synonym: kwagga

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sëpra. Cognates include Finnish seura and Estonian sõber.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsebrɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞br]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsebrɑ/, [ˈʃe̞b̥rɑ]
• Rhymes: -ebr, -ebrɑ
• Hyphenation: seb‧ra

Noun

sebra

1. acquaintance

Declension

Declension of sebra (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sebra	sebrat
genitive	sebran	sebroin
partitive	sebraa	sebroja
illative	sebraa	sebroi
inessive	sebraas	sebrois
elative	sebrast	sebroist
allative	sebralle	sebroille
adessive	sebraal	sebroil
ablative	sebralt	sebroilt
translative	sebraks	sebroiks
essive	sebranna, sebraan	sebroinna, sebroin
exessive1)	sebrant	sebroint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• tuttava, sebro

Derived terms

• sebro

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 515

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sebra m (definite singular sebraen, indefinite plural sebraer, definite plural sebraene)

1. a zebra

Norwegian Nynorsk

ein sebra

Noun

sebra m (definite singular sebraen, indefinite plural sebraer or sebraar, definite plural sebraene or sebraane)

1. a zebra

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sebra (Cyrillic spelling себра)

1. genitive/accusative singular of sebar

Swedish

Noun

sebra c

1. Alternative spelling of zebra

Anagrams

• baser

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cebra (“zebra”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsebɾa/ [ˈsɛb.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ebɾa
• Syllabification: seb‧ra

Noun

sebra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. zebra

Welsh

Etymology

From English zebra.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈsebra/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈzebra/

Noun

sebra m (plural sebras or sebraod, not mutable)

1. zebra

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sebra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Etymology

From Portuguese zebra, from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azebra (“wild ass”), from earlier cebrario (882), ezebrario (897), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”).

Noun

sebra c (plural sebra's, diminutive sebrake)

1. zebra
2. crosswalk

   Synonym: sebrapaad

Further reading

• “sebra”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011