different between nyala vs kudu

English

Alternative forms

• inyala

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Tsonga nyala. The alternative form is from Zulu inyala.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??l?

Noun

nyala (plural nyalas)

1. A southern African antelope, Tragelaphus angasii (syn. Nyala angasii), with thin white stripes in the grey or brown coat, a ridge of tufted hair running all along the spine, and long horns with a spiral twist.

Translations

Further reading

• nyala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tragelaphus angasii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tragelaphus angasii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• layan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nyala, from Sanskrit ?? (nala, “a particular form of constellation in which all the planets or stars are grouped in double mansions”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ala]
• Hyphenation: nya?la

Noun

nyala

1. flame

Derived terms

Further reading

• “nyala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Sotho

Verb

nyala

1. to marry

Zulu

Verb

-nyala

1. to lick

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “nyala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “nyala (8.8-9)”

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