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Babirussa
{ ‖
, Babˊi-rous′sa
, ‖Babˊi-rus′sa
}Noun.
[F.
babiroussa
, fr. Malay bābī
hog + rūsa
deer.] (Zool.)
A large hoglike quadruped (
Sus babirussa
, syn. Porcus babirussa
) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved. Definition 2024
babirussa
babirussa
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧bi‧rus‧sa
Noun
babirussa
- babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)
Declension
| Inflection of babirussa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | babirussa | babirussat | |
| genitive | babirussan | babirussien | |
| partitive | babirussaa | babirussia | |
| illative | babirussaan | babirussiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | babirussa | babirussat | |
| accusative | nom. | babirussa | babirussat |
| gen. | babirussan | ||
| genitive | babirussan | babirussien babirussainrare |
|
| partitive | babirussaa | babirussia | |
| inessive | babirussassa | babirussissa | |
| elative | babirussasta | babirussista | |
| illative | babirussaan | babirussiin | |
| adessive | babirussalla | babirussilla | |
| ablative | babirussalta | babirussilta | |
| allative | babirussalle | babirussille | |
| essive | babirussana | babirussina | |
| translative | babirussaksi | babirussiksi | |
| instructive | — | babirussin | |
| abessive | babirussatta | babirussitta | |
| comitative | — | babirussineen | |
Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
From French babiroussa, from Malay babi rusa (“babiroussa, deer hog”).
Noun
babirussa m (invariable)