klipspringer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans klipspringer, from Dutch klipspringer, both literally meaning "rock-jumper".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋər/

Noun

klipspringer (plural klipspringers)

1. A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).

Translations

Oreotragus oreotragus

Afrikaans: klipspringer (af) Amharic: ሰስ (säs) Bulgarian: клипшпрингер m (klipšpringer) Catalan: antílop salta-roques m Chinese: Mandarin: 山羚 (shānlíng) Czech: skálolez skákavý m Danish: klippespringer c Dutch: klipspringer (nl) m Finnish: kalliohyppijä French: oréotrague (fr) f, sassa (fr) f Georgian: კლიპშპრინგერი (ḳliṗšṗringeri) German: Klippspringer m Hadza: qqamâkho Hebrew: צְבִי סְלָעִים m (tsví sla'ím) Hungarian: sziklaugró antilop, szassza Italian: saltarupe m, oreotrago m Japanese: クリップスプリンガー (kurippusupuringā) Kazakh: секіргіш киік (sekırgış kiık) Korean: 바위타기영양 (bawitagiyeong'yang) Kyrgyz: түйүлчөк жейрен (tüyülcök jeyren) Lithuanian: antilopė šoklė f Polish: koziołek skalny m Portuguese: cabrito-das-pedras m, conca (pt) f Romanian: antilopă-de-munte f Russian: антило́па-прыгу́н (ru) m (antilópa-prygún), клиппшпрингер m (klippšpringer) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: антѝлопа камѐњарка f Roman: antìlopa kamènjarka f Shona: ngururu Spanish: saltarrocas m Swahili: mbuzi mawe, ngurunguru Swedish: klippspringare c Tagalog: saltarokas Thai: คลิปสปริงเงอร์ (klíp sà-bpring nger) Tigre: አምበርሀጋ m (ʾämbärhäga) Tswana: mokabaowane Zulu: igogo

References

• klipspringer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oreotragus oreotragus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Oreotragus oreotragus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch klipspringer. By surface analysis, klip (“rock”) +‎ springer (“jumper”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

klipspringer (plural klipspringers)

1. klipspringer

Descendants

• → English: klipspringer

Dutch

Etymology

From klip (“rock”) + springer (“jumper”). Attested since the early 18th century.

Pronunciation

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Noun

klipspringer m (plural klipspringers, diminutive klipspringertje n)

1. the klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: klipspringer
  • → English: klipspringer

Further reading

• klipspringer on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl