# alpaka
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Alpakka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈalpaka]

### Noun

alpaka f
* nickel silver
* alpaca

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* alpaca (nonstandard)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [alˈpɑɡa]

### Noun

alpaka c (singular definite alpakaen, plural indefinite alpakaer)
* a alpaca (Vicugna pacos)
** wool from an alpaca
    Synonym: alpakauld

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “alpaka” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Faroese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

#### Noun

alpaka f (genitive singular alpaku, plural alpakur)
* alpaca (animal)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Alpaka, Alpacca.

#### Noun

alpaka n (genitive singular alpaka, uncountable)
* nickel silver

##### Synonyms

* nýsilvur

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒlpɒkɒ]
* Hyphenation: al‧pa‧ka
* Rhymes: -kɒ

### Noun

alpaka (plural alpakák)
* alpaca (Vicugna pacos, a sheep-like animal of the Andes)

#### Declension
### See also

* alpakka (“alpacca, nickel silver”)

### Further reading

* alpaka in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [alˈpaka]
* Hyphenation: al‧pa‧ka

### Etymology 1

From Dutch alpaca, from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

#### Noun

alpaka (plural alpaka-alpaka)
* alpaca,
** a sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
** Wool from the alpaca.

### Etymology 2

Unknown, possibly Sanskrit अल्पक (alpaka, “small, minute”).

#### Noun

alpaka (plural alpaka-alpaka)
* alpacca, nickel silver (metal alloy).

### Etymology 3

From Balinese ᬅᬮ᭄ᬧᬓ (“oppose; treason, rebel”).

#### Adjective

alpaka
* (dialect) disobey.

### Further reading

* “alpaka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish alpaka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alˈpa.ka/
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: al‧pa‧ka

### Noun

alpaka m animal
* alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

### References

* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “alpaga”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “alpaka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “alpaka”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alˈpa.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: al‧pa‧ka

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca. First attested in 1838.

#### Alternative forms

* alpaga

#### Noun

alpaka f (related adjective alpakowy)
* (countable) alpaca (Lama pacos)
    wełna alpaki ― alpaca wool
* (uncountable) alpaca (wool from the alpaca, with strong and very long fibres, and coloring from black to brown to white)
* (countable) alpaca (garment made of such wool)
* (uncountable) alpaca hair (textile made from alpaca hair)

##### Descendants

* → Kashubian: alpaka

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Alpaka. First attested in 1855.

#### Noun

alpaka f (related adjective alpakowy)
* (uncountable) alpacca, nickel silver (hard, corrosion-resistant alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel, used to make domestic silverware)
    Synonym: (archaic) argentan

##### Declension
### References

* 1 2 Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alpaka”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* 1 2 Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alpaka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Johann Gottfried Herder (1838) Pomysły do filozofii dziejów rodzaju ludzkiego. T. 2‎ (in Polish), page 60
* ↑ Czas‎ (in Polish), number [R.8], № 187, 1855, page 4

### Further reading

* alpaka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* alpaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* alpaka in PWN's encyclopedia
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alpaka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 27
* alpaka in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

## Quechua
### Noun

alpaka
* Alternative spelling of allpaqa

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

alpaka f (Cyrillic spelling алпака)
* alpaca

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alpáːka/

### Noun

alpȃka f
* alpaca

#### Inflection
### Further reading

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

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑlˈpɑ.kɑ/
* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

alpaka class IX (plural alpaka class X)
* alpaca (camelid animal)

### See also

* (Camelids) Camelidae: ngamia na jamaa; ngamia (“camel”) or jamali, lama (“llama”), - (“guanaco”), alpaka (“alpaca”), - (“vicuña”)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔalˈpaka/ [ʔɐlˈpaː.xɐ]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: al‧pa‧ka

### Noun

alpaka (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜃ)
* alpaca (camelid animal)

#### See also

* liyama

### Further reading

* “alpaka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* palaka, kalapa

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from French alpaca.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

alpaka (definite accusative alpakayı, plural alpakalar)
* alpaca

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
alpaka
alpakalar
definite accusative
alpakayı
alpakaları
dative
alpakaya
alpakalara
locative
alpakada
alpakalarda
ablative
alpakadan
alpakalardan
genitive
alpakanın
alpakaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
alpakam
alpakalarım
2nd singular
alpakan
alpakaların
3rd singular
alpakası
alpakaları
1st plural
alpakamız
alpakalarımız
2nd plural
alpakanız
alpakalarınız
3rd plural
alpakaları
alpakaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
alpakamı
alpakalarımı
2nd singular
alpakanı
alpakalarını
3rd singular
alpakasını
alpakalarını
1st plural
alpakamızı
alpakalarımızı
2nd plural
alpakanızı
alpakalarınızı
3rd plural
alpakalarını
alpakalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
alpakama
alpakalarıma
2nd singular
alpakana
alpakalarına
3rd singular
alpakasına
alpakalarına
1st plural
alpakamıza
alpakalarımıza
2nd plural
alpakanıza
alpakalarınıza
3rd plural
alpakalarına
alpakalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
alpakamda
alpakalarımda
2nd singular
alpakanda
alpakalarında
3rd singular
alpakasında
alpakalarında
1st plural
alpakamızda
alpakalarımızda
2nd plural
alpakanızda
alpakalarınızda
3rd plural
alpakalarında
alpakalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
alpakamdan
alpakalarımdan
2nd singular
alpakandan
alpakalarından
3rd singular
alpakasından
alpakalarından
1st plural
alpakamızdan
alpakalarımızdan
2nd plural
alpakanızdan
alpakalarınızdan
3rd plural
alpakalarından
alpakalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
alpakamın
alpakalarımın
2nd singular
alpakanın
alpakalarının
3rd singular
alpakasının
alpakalarının
1st plural
alpakamızın
alpakalarımızın
2nd plural
alpakanızın
alpakalarınızın
3rd plural
alpakalarının
alpakalarının :

### Further reading

* “alpaka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu