different between quaggy vs quagga

English

Alternative forms

• quoggy

Etymology

From quag +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kw??i/

Adjective

quaggy (comparative quaggier, superlative quaggiest)

1. Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry.
2. Soft or flabby (of a person etc.).

Synonyms

• (resembling a quagmire): moorish, paludal, syrtic; see also Thesaurus:marshy

English

Alternative forms

• kwagga (dated)
• quakka
• quagha

Etymology

From Dutch quagga (whence also Afrikaans kwagga), from a Khoisan term, probably Hai?om, Khoekhoe ?koaah, apparently of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /?kwax?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kwa??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kwæ??/, /kw???/
• Rhymes: -æ??

Noun

quagga (plural quaggas)

1. A southern-African subspecies of zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes.

Derived terms

• quagga mussel

Translations

References

Italian

Etymology

From a Khoisan term, probably Hai?om, Khoekhoe ?koaah, apparently of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kwa?.?a/
• Rhymes: -a??a
• Hyphenation: quàg?ga

Noun

quagga m (invariable)

1. plains zebra (Equus quagga)

   Hypernym: zebra

References

• quagga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana