elefanta

Esperanto

Etymology

From elefanto +‎ -a.

Adjective

elefanta (accusative singular elefantan, plural elefantaj, accusative plural elefantajn)

  1. elephantine

Lower Sorbian

Noun

elefanta

  1. genitive singular of elefant
  2. accusative singular of elefant
  3. nominative dual of elefant

Malagasy

Noun

elefanta

  1. elephant
    Synonym: trepo

Further reading
  • elefanta in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Portuguese

Noun

elefanta f (plural elefantas)

  1. female elephant

Synonyms
  • elefoa (Brazil)

Spanish

Noun

elefanta f (plural elefantas, masculine elefante, masculine plural elefantes)

  1. (female) elephant

Swedish

Etymology

From elefant +‎ -a

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛlɛˈfanˌta/

Verb

elefanta (present elefantar, preterite elefantade, supine elefantat, imperative elefanta)

  1. (also reflexive) to trudge, plod (walk, step move heavily in a way that reminds the movement of an elephant)
    Jag kommer att elefanta iväg till jobbet.
    I will trudge to work.
    Eftersom jag kommer att elefanta iväg mig till jobbet...
    Because I will walk heavily to the work...

Conjugation
Conjugation of elefanta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive elefanta elefantas
Present tense elefantar elefantas
Past tense elefantade elefantades
Supine elefantat elefantats
Imperative elefanta —
Present participle elefantande
Past participle elefantad

Usage notes

Mostly used with iväg (“away, off to”).

References
  • “The open lexical infrastructure of Språkbanken”, in Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation‎, Istanbul: ELRA, 2012
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