# kenguru
## Finnish
### Etymology

From English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkeŋːuru/, [ˈk̟e̞ŋːuru]
* Rhymes: -eŋːuru
* Hyphenation: ken‧gu‧ru

### Noun

kenguru
* kangaroo, macropod (any of the large marsupials in the family Macropodidae, with strong hind legs for hopping, found in Australia and New Guinea)

#### Usage notes

The species belonging to the genera Dorcopsulus, Petrogale, Thylogale and Wallabia, and some individual species in the genus Macropus are called vallabi (“wallaby”) in Finnish. The usage of terms vallabi and "wallaby" is not overlapping, see usage note in the entry vallabi. Yet other species of kangaroo are called wallaroo, dorcopsis, quokka, monjon and pademelon in English.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of kenguru (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kenguruni
kenguruni
accusative
nom.
kenguruni
kenguruni
gen.
kenguruni
genitive
kenguruni
kengurujeni kenguruideni kenguruitteni
partitive
kenguruani
kengurujani kenguruitani
inessive
kengurussani
kenguruissani
elative
kengurustani
kenguruistani
illative
kenguruuni
kenguruihini
adessive
kengurullani
kenguruillani
ablative
kengurultani
kenguruiltani
allative
kengurulleni
kenguruilleni
essive
kengurunani
kenguruinani
translative
kengurukseni
kenguruikseni
abessive
kenguruttani
kenguruittani
instructive
comitative
—kenguruineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kengurusi
kengurusi
accusative
nom.
kengurusi
kengurusi
gen.
kengurusi
genitive
kengurusi
kengurujesi kenguruidesi kenguruittesi
partitive
kenguruasi
kengurujasi kenguruitasi
inessive
kengurussasi
kenguruissasi
elative
kengurustasi
kenguruistasi
illative
kenguruusi
kenguruihisi
adessive
kengurullasi
kenguruillasi
ablative
kengurultasi
kenguruiltasi
allative
kengurullesi
kenguruillesi
essive
kengurunasi
kenguruinasi
translative
kenguruksesi
kenguruiksesi
abessive
kenguruttasi
kenguruittasi
instructive
comitative
—kenguruinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kengurumme
kengurumme
accusative
nom.
kengurumme
kengurumme
gen.
kengurumme
genitive
kengurumme
kengurujemme kenguruidemme kenguruittemme
partitive
kenguruamme
kengurujamme kenguruitamme
inessive
kengurussamme
kenguruissamme
elative
kengurustamme
kenguruistamme
illative
kenguruumme
kenguruihimme
adessive
kengurullamme
kenguruillamme
ablative
kengurultamme
kenguruiltamme
allative
kengurullemme
kenguruillemme
essive
kengurunamme
kenguruinamme
translative
kenguruksemme
kenguruiksemme
abessive
kenguruttamme
kenguruittamme
instructive
comitative
—kenguruinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kengurunne
kengurunne
accusative
nom.
kengurunne
kengurunne
gen.
kengurunne
genitive
kengurunne
kengurujenne kenguruidenne kenguruittenne
partitive
kenguruanne
kengurujanne kenguruitanne
inessive
kengurussanne
kenguruissanne
elative
kengurustanne
kenguruistanne
illative
kenguruunne
kenguruihinne
adessive
kengurullanne
kenguruillanne
ablative
kengurultanne
kenguruiltanne
allative
kengurullenne
kenguruillenne
essive
kengurunanne
kenguruinanne
translative
kenguruksenne
kenguruiksenne
abessive
kenguruttanne
kenguruittanne
instructive
comitative
—kenguruinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kengurunsa
kengurunsa
accusative
nom.
kengurunsa
kengurunsa
gen.
kengurunsa
genitive
kengurunsa
kengurujensa kenguruidensa kenguruittensa
partitive
kenguruaan kenguruansa
kengurujaan kenguruitaan kengurujansa kenguruitansa
inessive
kengurussaan kengurussansa
kenguruissaan kenguruissansa
elative
kengurustaan kengurustansa
kenguruistaan kenguruistansa
illative
kenguruunsa
kenguruihinsa
adessive
kengurullaan kengurullansa
kenguruillaan kenguruillansa
ablative
kengurultaan kengurultansa
kenguruiltaan kenguruiltansa
allative
kengurulleen kengurullensa
kenguruilleen kenguruillensa
essive
kengurunaan kengurunansa
kenguruinaan kenguruinansa
translative
kengurukseen kenguruksensa
kenguruikseen kenguruiksensa
abessive
kenguruttaan kenguruttansa
kenguruittaan kenguruittansa
instructive
comitative
—kenguruineen kenguruinensa :

#### Derived terms

* aavikkokenguru
* alankopuukenguru
* antilooppikenguru
* cooktowninpuukenguru
* harmaaisokenguru
* harmaajättikenguru
* harmaametsäkenguru
* harmaapuukenguru
* harmaaselkäkenguru
* hietikkokenguru
* isokenguru
* isopiikkikenguru
* juovakenguru
* juovametsäkenguru
* jäniskenguru
* jättikenguru
* kalliokenguru
* kaniinikenguru
* kannushäntäkenguru
* kenguhiiri
* kengurotta
* kenguruhoito
* kengurulauma
* kengurunnahka
* kengurunpoikanen
* kenguruntassu
* kengururotta
* kengurutasku
* lyhythäntäkenguru
* metsäkenguru
* mustajalkakenguru
* mustakenguru
* mustametsäkenguru
* myskikenguru
* nopsakenguru
* ohjaskenguru
* okrapuukenguru
* papuanmetsäkenguru
* papuanpuukenguru
* pensaskenguru
* piikkihäntäkenguru
* piikkikenguru
* pikkukenguru
* pikkupiikkikenguru
* punakaulakenguru
* punaniskakenguru
* puukenguru
* raitakenguru
* rengashäntäkalliokenguru
* rottakenguru
* ruskoisokenguru
* ruskojäniskenguru
* selkäjuovakenguru
* silmälasijäniskenguru
* tummapuukenguru
* uroskenguru
* uuden-guineanmetsäkenguru
* valkoposkikenguru
* vuorikenguru
* vuorimetsäkenguru
* vuoripuukenguru

### Further reading

* “kenguru”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɛŋɡuru]
* Hyphenation: ken‧gu‧ru
* Rhymes: -ru

### Noun

kenguru (plural kenguruk)
* kangaroo

#### Declension
### Further reading

* kenguru in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Livvi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кенгуру (kenguru).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkeŋɡuru/
* Hyphenation: ken‧gu‧ru
* Rhymes: -eŋɡuru

### Noun

kenguru (genitive kengurun, partitive kenguruu)
* kangaroo

#### Declension
### References

* Tatjana Boiko (2019) “kenguru”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From an Australian Aboriginal language, via English kangaroo.

### Noun

kenguru m (definite singular kenguruen, indefinite plural kenguruer, definite plural kenguruene)
* a kangaroo (marsupial)

### References

* “kenguru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From an Australian Aboriginal language, via English kangaroo.

### Noun

kenguru m (definite singular kenguruen, indefinite plural kenguruar, definite plural kenguruane)
* a kangaroo (marsupial)

### References

* “kenguru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Serbo-Croatian

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### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кенгуру (kenguru, “kangaroo”).

### Noun

kenguru ? (Cyrillic spelling кенгуру)
* (Serbia, Montenegro) kangaroo

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɛnɡurúː/

### Noun

kengurȗ m anim
* kangaroo (marsupial)

#### Synonyms

* klókan

### Further reading

* “kenguru”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Veps
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кенгуру́ (kengurú).

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

kenguru
* kangaroo

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “кенгуру”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika