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Okapi
okapi
okapi
See also: Okapi
English
Noun
okapi (plural okapis)
- A large ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe, but with a much shorter neck, a reddish brown coat and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters.
- 1904, ‘Saki’, "Reginald's Christmas Revel", Reginald:
- I used to listen to him with a rapt attention that I thought rather suited me, and then one day I quite modestly gave the dimensions of an okapi I had shot in the Lincolnshire fens.
- 1904, ‘Saki’, "Reginald's Christmas Revel", Reginald:
Translations
Large ruminant mammal
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: oka‧pi
Etymology
Noun
okapi m (plural okapi's, diminutive okapietje n)
Finnish
Noun
okapi
- okapi
Declension
| Inflection of okapi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | okapi | okapit | |
| genitive | okapin | okapien | |
| partitive | okapia | okapeja | |
| illative | okapiin | okapeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | okapi | okapit | |
| accusative | nom. | okapi | okapit |
| gen. | okapin | ||
| genitive | okapin | okapien | |
| partitive | okapia | okapeja | |
| inessive | okapissa | okapeissa | |
| elative | okapista | okapeista | |
| illative | okapiin | okapeihin | |
| adessive | okapilla | okapeilla | |
| ablative | okapilta | okapeilta | |
| allative | okapille | okapeille | |
| essive | okapina | okapeina | |
| translative | okapiksi | okapeiksi | |
| instructive | — | okapein | |
| abessive | okapitta | okapeitta | |
| comitative | — | okapeineen | |
