# okapi
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Mvuba okapi.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpi/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /oʊˈkɑpi/
* Audio (US):(file)
* (General South African) IPA: /əʊˈkɑːpi/
* Hyphenation: oka‧pi

### Noun

okapi (plural okapi or okapis)
* A large ruminant mammal, of species Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe but with a much shorter neck, a reddish-brown coat, and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters. [from early 20th c.]
    Synonyms: Congolese giraffe, forest giraffe, zebra giraffe
** 1901 September, Harry [i.e., Henry] H[amilton] Johnston, “The Okapi: The Newly-discovered Beast Living in Central Africa”, in McClure’s Magazine, volume XVII, number 5, New York, N.Y., London: S[amuel] S[idney] McClure Co., →OCLC, pages 498 and 499:[page 498, column 1] [I]n leading them [African Pygmies] back to the forests where they dwelt, I obtained much information from them on the subject of the horse-like animal which they called the "Okapi." […] [page 499, column 1] The coloration of the Okapi is quite extraordinary. […] The hind quarters, hind and fore legs are either snowy white or pale cream color, touched here and there with orange. They are boldly marked, however, with purple-black stripes and splodges, which give that zebra-like appearance to the limbs of the Okapi that caused the first imperfect account of it to indicate the discovery of a new striped horse.
** 1902 November 18, C[harles] I[mmanuel] Forsyth Major, “On a Specimen of the Okapi Lately Received at Brussels”, in Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London, volume I, London: […] [Zoological] Society [of London]; Messrs. Longmans, Green, and Co., […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 344:Personally I esteem it a more fascinating and a more important task to investigate the relations of the Okapi with the Giraffe on the one hand, and its fossil relatives on the other.
** 1904, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “Reginald’s Christmas Revel”, in Reginald, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 98:[O]ne day I quite modestly gave the dimensions of an okapi I had shot in the Lincolnshire fens. The Major turned a beautiful Tyrian scarlet (I remember thinking at the time that I should like my bathroom hung in that colour), and I think that at that moment he almost found it in his heart to dislike me.
** 1915 August 26, H[enry] H[amilton] Johnston, “Life Habits of the Okapi”, in Nature: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, volume 95, number 2391, London: Macmillan and Co.; New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 714, column 1:Dr. [Cuthbert] Christy adds his testimony to that of his predecessors in the same quest as to the "invisibility" of the okapi, whose markings and coloration—pace Colonel Theodore Roosevelt—so break up the surface of its large body and long legs as to cause it to fuse with the dark-brown, russet, while and yellow-white of the twigs and stems and leaf-stalks amongst which it moves. He also points out that the hoofs of the okapi are so closely pressed together that the footprint is almost like that of the single-toed donkey.
** 1922 May, T[homas] Alexander Barns, “To the Game-haunted Solitudes of Ruchuru and Ruindi Plains”, in The Wonderland of the Eastern Congo: The Region of the Snow-crowned Volcanoes, the Pygmies, the Giant Gorilla and the Okapi, London, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 99:I also took out a licence to shoot small game, costing fifty francs, which can be obtained on the spot, and under which I was able to shoot all kinds of game, excepting elephants, chimpanzis, gorillas and okapis.

#### Hypernyms

* Giraffidae

#### Coordinate terms

* Giraffa
* giraffe

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “okapi, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2021; “okapi, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

### Further reading

* okapi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Category:Okapia johnstoni on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Okapia johnstoni on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* okapia

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈokapɪ]
* Rhymes: -apɪ

### Noun

okapi f or m anim
* okapi (large ruminant mammal)

#### Declension

when masculine:
Indeclinable when feminine.

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Mvuba okapi.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: oka‧pi

### Noun

okapi m (plural okapi's, diminutive okapietje n)
* okapi

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English okapi, from Mvuba okapi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈokɑpi/, [ˈo̞kɑ̝pi]
* Rhymes: -okɑpi
* Hyphenation: oka‧pi

### Noun

okapi
* okapi

#### Declension

Possessive forms of okapi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
okapini
okapini
accusative
nom.
okapini
okapini
gen.
okapini
genitive
okapini
okapieni
partitive
okapiani
okapejani
inessive
okapissani
okapeissani
elative
okapistani
okapeistani
illative
okapiini
okapeihini
adessive
okapillani
okapeillani
ablative
okapiltani
okapeiltani
allative
okapilleni
okapeilleni
essive
okapinani
okapeinani
translative
okapikseni
okapeikseni
abessive
okapittani
okapeittani
instructive
comitative
—okapeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
okapisi
okapisi
accusative
nom.
okapisi
okapisi
gen.
okapisi
genitive
okapisi
okapiesi
partitive
okapiasi
okapejasi
inessive
okapissasi
okapeissasi
elative
okapistasi
okapeistasi
illative
okapiisi
okapeihisi
adessive
okapillasi
okapeillasi
ablative
okapiltasi
okapeiltasi
allative
okapillesi
okapeillesi
essive
okapinasi
okapeinasi
translative
okapiksesi
okapeiksesi
abessive
okapittasi
okapeittasi
instructive
comitative
—okapeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
okapimme
okapimme
accusative
nom.
okapimme
okapimme
gen.
okapimme
genitive
okapimme
okapiemme
partitive
okapiamme
okapejamme
inessive
okapissamme
okapeissamme
elative
okapistamme
okapeistamme
illative
okapiimme
okapeihimme
adessive
okapillamme
okapeillamme
ablative
okapiltamme
okapeiltamme
allative
okapillemme
okapeillemme
essive
okapinamme
okapeinamme
translative
okapiksemme
okapeiksemme
abessive
okapittamme
okapeittamme
instructive
comitative
—okapeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
okapinne
okapinne
accusative
nom.
okapinne
okapinne
gen.
okapinne
genitive
okapinne
okapienne
partitive
okapianne
okapejanne
inessive
okapissanne
okapeissanne
elative
okapistanne
okapeistanne
illative
okapiinne
okapeihinne
adessive
okapillanne
okapeillanne
ablative
okapiltanne
okapeiltanne
allative
okapillenne
okapeillenne
essive
okapinanne
okapeinanne
translative
okapiksenne
okapeiksenne
abessive
okapittanne
okapeittanne
instructive
comitative
—okapeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
okapinsa
okapinsa
accusative
nom.
okapinsa
okapinsa
gen.
okapinsa
genitive
okapinsa
okapiensa
partitive
okapiaan okapiansa
okapejaan okapejansa
inessive
okapissaan okapissansa
okapeissaan okapeissansa
elative
okapistaan okapistansa
okapeistaan okapeistansa
illative
okapiinsa
okapeihinsa
adessive
okapillaan okapillansa
okapeillaan okapeillansa
ablative
okapiltaan okapiltansa
okapeiltaan okapeiltansa
allative
okapilleen okapillensa
okapeilleen okapeillensa
essive
okapinaan okapinansa
okapeinaan okapeinansa
translative
okapikseen okapiksensa
okapeikseen okapeiksensa
abessive
okapittaan okapittansa
okapeittaan okapeittansa
instructive
comitative
—okapeineen okapeinensa :

### Further reading

* “okapi”, 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 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* poika, pokia

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.ka.pi/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

okapi m (plural okapis)
* okapi

### Further reading

* “okapi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Japanese
### Romanization

okapi
* Rōmaji transcription of オカピ

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Mvuba okapi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔˈka.pi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -api
* Syllabification: o‧ka‧pi

### Noun

okapi m animal or f or n (indeclinable)
* okapi (Okapia johnstoni)

### Further reading

* okapi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* okapi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* ocapi

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈkapi/ [oˈka.pi]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -api
* Syllabification: o‧ka‧pi

### Noun

okapi m (plural okapis)
* okapi

### Further reading

* “okapi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10