Kiribati
English
editEtymology
editFrom Gilbertese Kiribati, from English Gilberts adapted to Gilbertese phonotactics, a shortening of Gilbert Islands. First entry in the Dictionnaire gilbertin-français of Ernest Sabatier (1954).
Pronunciation
edit- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɪrəbɑːti/, /ˈkɪrəbæs/
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈkiː.ɹɪ.bæs/, /kiː.ɹɪˈbæs/, /ˌkiː.ɹɪˈbɑs/, /ˌkiː.ɹɪˈbɑ.ti/
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Proper noun
editKiribati
- A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Kiribati. Capital and largest city: South Tarawa.
- The Micronesian language spoken in Kiribati.
Synonyms
edit- (language): Gilbertese
Related terms
editTranslations
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See also
editFurther reading
editAfrikaans
editProper noun
editKiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania; capital: Suid-Tarawa)
Derived terms
editCentral Huasteca Nahuatl
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Kiribati.
Proper noun
editKiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Czech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKiribati n (indeclinable, related adjective kiribatský, demonym Kiribaťan)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Further reading
edit- “Kiribati”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
editProper noun
editKiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Related terms
editDutch
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKiribati n
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Estonian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKiribati (genitive Kiribati, partitive Kiribatit)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Declension
editDeclension of Kiribati (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kiribati | — | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | Kiribati | ||
genitive | — | ||
partitive | Kiribatit | — | |
illative | Kiribatti Kiribatisse |
— | |
inessive | Kiribatis | — | |
elative | Kiribatist | — | |
allative | Kiribatile | — | |
adessive | Kiribatil | — | |
ablative | Kiribatilt | — | |
translative | Kiribatiks | — | |
terminative | Kiribatini | — | |
essive | Kiribatina | — | |
abessive | Kiribatita | — | |
comitative | Kiribatiga | — |
Derived terms
editReferences
editFaroese
editEtymology
editFrom Gilbertese Kiribati, based on the Gilbertese pronunciation of English Gilberts, a shortening of Gilbert Islands.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKiribati n
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Gilbertese Kiribati.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Declension
editInflection of Kiribati (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kiribati | — | |
genitive | Kiribatin | — | |
partitive | Kiribatia | — | |
illative | Kiribatiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kiribati | — | |
accusative | nom. | Kiribati | — |
gen. | Kiribatin | ||
genitive | Kiribatin | — | |
partitive | Kiribatia | — | |
inessive | Kiribatissa | — | |
elative | Kiribatista | — | |
illative | Kiribatiin | — | |
adessive | Kiribatilla | — | |
ablative | Kiribatilta | — | |
allative | Kiribatille | — | |
essive | Kiribatina | — | |
translative | Kiribatiksi | — | |
abessive | Kiribatitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
editFrench
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKiribati f pl (plural only)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Usage notes
editAlthough many scholarly resources argue that this is a feminine plural noun, popular usage often refers to this noun in the masculine singular.
German
editPronunciation
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Proper noun
editKiribati n (proper noun, genitive Kiribatis or (optionally with an article) Kiribati)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Declension
editDerived terms
editGilbertese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Gilberts, a shortened name of the Gilbert Islands, adapted to Gilbertese phonotactics.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editi-Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania; official name: Kiribati Köztársaság)
Declension
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Kiribati | — |
accusative | Kiribatit | — |
dative | Kiribatinak | — |
instrumental | Kiribatival | — |
causal-final | Kiribatiért | — |
translative | Kiribativá | — |
terminative | Kiribatiig | — |
essive-formal | Kiribatiként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Kiribatiban | — |
superessive | Kiribatin | — |
adessive | Kiribatinál | — |
illative | Kiribatiba | — |
sublative | Kiribatira | — |
allative | Kiribatihoz | — |
elative | Kiribatiból | — |
delative | Kiribatiról | — |
ablative | Kiribatitól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Kiribatié | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Kiribatiéi | — |
Possessive forms of Kiribati | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Kiribatim | — |
2nd person sing. | Kiribatid | — |
3rd person sing. | Kiribatija | — |
1st person plural | Kiribatink | — |
2nd person plural | Kiribatitok | — |
3rd person plural | Kiribatijuk | — |
Derived terms
edit- kiribati (“Kiribatian”)
Italian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKiribati f pl (plural only)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kiribati in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editKiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Related terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editKiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Related terms
editPolish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Gilbertese Kiribati.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKiribati n (indeclinable)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Kiribati in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
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Proper noun
editKiribati m
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Romanian
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editKiribati n
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editKiribati ?
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
editSwedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editKiribati n (genitive Kiribatis)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Turkish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editKiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Declension
editsingular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz) | |
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nominative (yalın) | Kiribati |
accusative (belirtme) | Kiribati'yi |
dative (yönelme) | Kiribati'ye |
locative (bulunma) | Kiribati'de |
ablative (çıkma) | Kiribati'den |
genitive (tamlayan) | Kiribati'nin |
singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Kiribati'm | Kiribatilerim / Kiribati'lerim |
senin (your) | Kiribati'n | Kiribatilerin / Kiribati'lerin |
onun (his/her/its) | Kiribati'si | Kiribatileri / Kiribati'leri |
bizim (our) | Kiribati'miz | Kiribatilerimiz / Kiribati'lerimiz |
sizin (your) | Kiribati'niz | Kiribatileriniz / Kiribati'leriniz |
onların (their) | Kiribati'si / Kiribatileri / Kiribati'leri | Kiribatileri / Kiribati'leri |
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yeni Zelanda
Turkmen
editProper noun
editKiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Yoruba
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Kiribati.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKiribátì
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
- English terms borrowed from Gilbertese
- English terms derived from Gilbertese
- English terms borrowed back into English
- English 4-syllable words
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Kiribati
- en:Countries in Oceania
- en:Countries
- en:Islands
- en:Languages
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Kiribati
- af:Countries in Oceania
- af:Countries
- af:Islands
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl terms borrowed from Spanish
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl terms derived from Spanish
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl proper nouns
- nch:Kiribati
- nch:Countries in Oceania
- nch:Countries
- nch:Islands
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech indeclinable nouns
- Czech neuter nouns
- cs:Kiribati
- cs:Countries in Oceania
- cs:Countries
- cs:Islands
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Kiribati
- da:Countries in Oceania
- da:Countries
- da:Islands
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Kiribati
- nl:Countries in Oceania
- nl:Countries
- nl:Islands
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑˑti
- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑˑti/4 syllables
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- et:Kiribati
- et:Countries in Oceania
- et:Countries
- et:Islands
- Estonian pere-type nominals
- Estonian uncountable nouns
- Faroese terms derived from Gilbertese
- Faroese terms derived from English
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese neuter nouns
- fo:Kiribati
- fo:Countries in Oceania
- fo:Countries
- fo:Islands
- Finnish terms derived from Gilbertese
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑti
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑti/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Kiribati
- fi:Countries in Oceania
- fi:Countries
- fi:Islands
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French 4-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French pluralia tantum
- French terms spelled with K
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Kiribati
- fr:Countries in Oceania
- fr:Countries
- fr:Islands
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Kiribati
- de:Countries in Oceania
- de:Countries
- de:Islands
- German uncountable nouns
- Gilbertese terms borrowed from English
- Gilbertese terms derived from English
- Gilbertese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gilbertese lemmas
- Gilbertese proper nouns
- gil:Kiribati
- gil:Countries in Oceania
- gil:Countries
- gil:Islands
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ti
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Kiribati
- hu:Countries in Oceania
- hu:Countries
- hu:Islands
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ati
- Rhymes:Italian/ati/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian terms spelled with K
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian pluralia tantum
- it:Kiribati
- it:Countries in Oceania
- it:Countries
- it:Islands
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Kiribati
- nb:Countries in Oceania
- nb:Countries
- nb:Islands
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Kiribati
- nn:Countries in Oceania
- nn:Countries
- nn:Islands
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish terms borrowed from Gilbertese
- Polish unadapted borrowings from Gilbertese
- Polish terms derived from Gilbertese
- Polish 4-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ati
- Rhymes:Polish/ati/4 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Kiribati
- pl:Countries in Oceania
- pl:Countries
- pl:Islands
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Kiribati
- pt:Countries in Oceania
- pt:Countries
- pt:Islands
- Romanian terms with audio links
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- Romanian terms spelled with K
- Romanian neuter nouns
- ro:Kiribati
- ro:Countries in Oceania
- ro:Countries
- ro:Islands
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/ati
- Rhymes:Spanish/ati/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- es:Kiribati
- es:Countries in Oceania
- es:Countries
- es:Islands
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Kiribati
- sv:Countries in Oceania
- sv:Countries
- sv:Islands
- Turkish terms with audio links
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Kiribati
- tr:Countries in Oceania
- tr:Countries
- tr:Islands
- Turkmen lemmas
- Turkmen proper nouns
- tk:Kiribati
- tk:Countries in Oceania
- tk:Countries
- tk:Islands
- Yoruba terms borrowed from English
- Yoruba terms derived from English
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba proper nouns
- yo:Kiribati
- yo:Countries in Oceania
- yo:Countries
- yo:Islands