# kapibara
## Azerbaijani
### Noun

kapibara (definite accusative kapibaranı, plural kapibaralar)
* capybara

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch capibara, from Spanish capibara, from Old Tupi kapibara.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /kapiˈbara/ [ka.piˈba.ra]
* Rhymes: -ara
* Syllabification: ka‧pi‧ba‧ra

### Noun

kapibara (plural kapibara-kapibara)
* capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

### Further reading

* “kapibara” 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 kapibara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.piˈba.ra/
* Rhymes: -ara
* Syllabification: ka‧pi‧ba‧ra

### Noun

kapibara f
* capybara (rodent of the genus Hydrochoerus)

### References

* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kapibara”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

## Latvian
### Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately derived from Old Tupi kapibara (“slender grass/leaf eater”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kapibaɾa]
* Audio (Riga):(file)

### Noun

kapibara f (4th declension)
* capybara (large South American rodent, especially Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
    kapibarai ir vairākas īpašības, kas piemērotas dzīvei ūdenī ― the capybara has many properties suitable for life in water
    kapibaru barā parasti ir 10-20 indivīdu ― in a capybara herd there usually are 10-20 individuals

#### Declension
## Old Tupi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka.piˈβ̞a.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -aɾa
* Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧ba‧ra

### Noun

kapibara (unpossessable)
* Alternative form of kapi'iûara

### References

* Hans Staden (1557) chapter XXX, in Warhaftige Hiſtoria [True History], volume 2 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page: “Catiuare [Kapibara]”
* Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter CI, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 250: “capibaras [kapibara]”
* Antonie Knivet (1591) “The admirable aduentures and ſtrange fortunes of Maſter Antonie Knivet, which went with Maſter Thomas Candish in his ſecond voyage to the South Sea”, in Samuel Purchas, editor, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VI, chapter VII § V (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1242: “Capiuaras [Kapibara]”
* Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book VI, chapter VII (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 230: “Capybara [Kapibara]”

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish capibara, from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapi'iûara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.piˈba.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ara
* Syllabification: ka‧pi‧ba‧ra

### Noun

kapibara f
* capybara

#### Descendants

* → Kashubian: kapibara

### Further reading

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

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kapibàːra/

### Noun

kapibára f
* capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

#### Inflection
### Further reading

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

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Spanish capibara, from Portuguese capivara.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kapibaɾa/
* Rhymes: -ɾa
* Hyphenation: ka‧pi‧ba‧ra

### Noun

kapibara (definite accusative kapibarayı, plural kapibaralar)
* capybara

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
kapibara
kapibaralar
definite accusative
kapibarayı
kapibaraları
dative
kapibaraya
kapibaralara
locative
kapibarada
kapibaralarda
ablative
kapibaradan
kapibaralardan
genitive
kapibaranın
kapibaraların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
kapibaram
kapibaralarım
2nd singular
kapibaran
kapibaraların
3rd singular
kapibarası
kapibaraları
1st plural
kapibaramız
kapibaralarımız
2nd plural
kapibaranız
kapibaralarınız
3rd plural
kapibaraları
kapibaraları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
kapibaramı
kapibaralarımı
2nd singular
kapibaranı
kapibaralarını
3rd singular
kapibarasını
kapibaralarını
1st plural
kapibaramızı
kapibaralarımızı
2nd plural
kapibaranızı
kapibaralarınızı
3rd plural
kapibaralarını
kapibaralarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
kapibarama
kapibaralarıma
2nd singular
kapibarana
kapibaralarına
3rd singular
kapibarasına
kapibaralarına
1st plural
kapibaramıza
kapibaralarımıza
2nd plural
kapibaranıza
kapibaralarınıza
3rd plural
kapibaralarına
kapibaralarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
kapibaramda
kapibaralarımda
2nd singular
kapibaranda
kapibaralarında
3rd singular
kapibarasında
kapibaralarında
1st plural
kapibaramızda
kapibaralarımızda
2nd plural
kapibaranızda
kapibaralarınızda
3rd plural
kapibaralarında
kapibaralarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
kapibaramdan
kapibaralarımdan
2nd singular
kapibarandan
kapibaralarından
3rd singular
kapibarasından
kapibaralarından
1st plural
kapibaramızdan
kapibaralarımızdan
2nd plural
kapibaranızdan
kapibaralarınızdan
3rd plural
kapibaralarından
kapibaralarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
kapibaramın
kapibaralarımın
2nd singular
kapibaranın
kapibaralarının
3rd singular
kapibarasının
kapibaralarının
1st plural
kapibaramızın
kapibaralarımızın
2nd plural
kapibaranızın
kapibaralarınızın
3rd plural
kapibaralarının
kapibaralarının
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
kapibarayım
kapibaralarım
2nd singular
kapibarasın
kapibaralarsın
3rd singular
kapibara kapibaradır
kapibaralar kapibaralardır
1st plural
kapibarayız
kapibaralarız
2nd plural
kapibarasınız
kapibaralarsınız
3rd plural
kapibaralar
kapibaralardır :