different between kudu vs eland

English

Alternative forms

• koodoo (dated)

Etymology

From Khoekhoe kudu-b.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ku?du?/

Noun

kudu (plural kudus or kudu)

1. A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (the lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (the greater kudu).
   • 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 72:

     Martha, on a hot, wet, steamy afternoon, had spent two hours wriggling on her stomach through the undergrowth to reach a point where she might shoot a big koodoo that was grazing in a corner of the Hundred Acres.

   • 2004, Beverley Fearis, The Guardian, 4 December:

     I watched from a distance as rangers left a kudu carcass to entice the lions to walk through the gates.

Translations

Further reading

• kudu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tragelaphus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Finnish kutu.

Noun

kudu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. spawn

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• kudu in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Hausa

Adverb

kudù

1. south, southwards

Derived terms

• kudanci

Kambera

Verb

kudu

1. (intransitive) to be small

References

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, ?ISBN, page 172

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans eland or South African Dutch, from Dutch eland (“elk”), from Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete early modern German elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old High German elent.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?l?nd/

Noun

eland (plural elands)

1. A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh. [from late 18th c.]

Synonyms

• Oreas (obsolete); Oreas canna (obsolete)

Translations

Further reading

• Common eland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Giant eland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Taurotragus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Taurotragus oryx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Taurotragus derbianus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Alden, Dalen, Nelda, laden, lande, laned, lean'd, naled

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch eland (“elk, moose; eland”), from Middle Dutch elant (“elk, moose”), from obsolete German elen, elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old High German elent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.lant/

Noun

eland (plural elande)

1. common eland, eland antilope, Taurotragus oryx

Descendants

• ? English: eland

Cebuano

Etymology

From English eland, from Dutch eland, from obsolete German elen, elend, from Old Lithuanian ellenis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e?land

Noun

eland

1. an eland; a large South African antelope of the genus Taurotragus

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete German elen, elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old High German elent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: eland

Noun

eland m (plural elanden, diminutive elandje n)

1. elk, moose, Alces alces [from 16th c.]
2. (archaic, chiefly South Africa) common eland, eland antilope, Taurotragus oryx [mid 17th - early 20th c.]

Derived terms

• elandantilope

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eland
  • ? English: eland

Anagrams

• dalen, laden, lande

Spanish

Noun

eland m (plural elands)

1. eland