Image:Kangaroo and joey03.jpg|thumb|A kangaroo with a young
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English
Etymology
From Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru, recorded by w:James Cook|James Cook and others in 1770 at w:Endeavour River|Endeavour River; in English, applied to the whole family of macropods, apparently from not realizing the Guugu Yimidhirr word referred to just one species.
In 1820 w:Phillip King|Phillip King visited the area and could not confirm Cookâs record; some then suggested that Cook and Banks had erred. This is apparently the basis for the long-standing myth that Cook is supposed to have asked a native âWhat is that?â to which the reply âkangarooâ, supposedly meaning âI donât knowâ, was given. Though amusing, this is not the case. John Haviland studied Guugu Yimidhirr extensively in 1972, confirming gangurru and concluding King had been told minha.<sup>#References|1</sup>
Pronunciation
IPA|/ËkæÅgÉËru/, SAMPA|/%k{Ng@"ru/
Noun
en-noun
- a member of a family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, mainly found in Australia.
#* 1770: Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo, or Kanguru ... — w:James Cook|James Cook, Captain Cookâs Journal During the First Voyage Round the World, description of Endeavour River, at 4 August 1770 1
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Derived terms
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antelope kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo
banded kangaroo
brush kangaroo
eastern grey kangaroo
forest kangaroo
giant kangaroo
great kangaroo
hare-kangaroo
kangaroo apple
kangaroo ball
kangaroo bar
kangaroo bear
kangaroo-beetle
kangaroo care
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kangaroo closure
kangaroo code
kangaroo court
Kangaroo Defence, Kangaroo Defense
kangaroo-dog
kangaroo-fly
kangaroo-foot plant
kangaroo grass
kangaroo hare
kangaroo-hop<!--verb-->
w:Kangaroo Hoppet|Kangaroo Hoppet
kangaroo-hound
w:Kangaroo Island|Kangaroo Island
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kangaroo jerboa
kangaroo justice
kangaroo mother care, kangaroo mother method
kangaroo mouse
kangaroo paw
kangaroo ship
kangaroo rat
kangaroo route
kangaroo's-foot, kangaroo's-foot plant
kangaroo-shoot
kangaroo-shooter
kangaroo-shooting
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kangaroo skin
kangaroo-thorn
Kangaroo Tour
kangaroo trial
kangaroo unicycle
kangaroo vine
kangaroo word
musk kangaroo
rat-kangaroo
red kangaroo
rock kangaroo
roo<!--terms derived from "roo" are to be given on the page for "roo"-->
tree kangaroo
western grey kangaroo
Translations
trans-top|marsupial
Albanian: kangur g|Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|ÙÙغر (kánÄar) m
Basque: kanguru
Bosnian: kengur m
Catalan: cangur m
Chinese: è¢é¼ (dà ishÇ)
Croatian: klokan m, klokanica f
Czech: klokan m
Dutch: kangoeroe m
Estonian: känguru
Finnish: kenguru
French: kangourou m
Frisian: kangoeroe m
German: Känguru n
Greek, Modern: καγκοÏ
ÏÏ (kangouró) n
Hungarian: kenguru
Ido: kanguruo
Indonesian: kangguru
Interlingua: kanguru
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Italian: canguro m
Japanese: ã«ã³ã¬ã«ã¼ (kangarÅ«)
Korean: 캥거루 (kaenggeoru)
Lithuanian: kengūra f
Norwegian: kenguru m
Polish: kangur m, kangurzyca f
Portuguese: canguru m
Romanian: cangur m, cangurÄ f
Russian: кенгÑÑÑ (kenguru) m
Serbian:
Slovak: klokan m
Slovene: kenguru m, klokan m
Spanish: canguro m
Swedish: känguru c
Thai: THchar|à¸à¸´à¸à¹à¸à¹ (jing-jôh)
Turkish: kanguru
Vietnamese: canguru
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References
w:R. M. W. Dixon|R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words'', Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-553099-3
See also
joey
marsupial
wallaby
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