alpaka

Borrowed from German Alpakka. First attested in the 19th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈalpaka]

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alpaka f

1. nickel silver
2. alpaca

• “alpaka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “alpaka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• alpaca (nonstandard)

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

• IPA^(key): [alˈpɑɡa]

alpaka c (singular definite alpakaen, plural indefinite alpakaer)

1. a alpaca (Vicugna pacos)
   1. wool from an alpaca

      Synonym: alpakauld

• “alpaka” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

alpaka f (genitive singular alpaku, plural alpakur)

1. alpaca (animal)

Borrowed from German Alpaka, Alpacca.

alpaka n (genitive singular alpaka, uncountable)

1. nickel silver

• nýsilvur

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlpɒkɒ]
• Hyphenation: al‧pa‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

alpaka (plural alpakák)

1. alpaca (Vicugna pacos, a sheep-like animal of the Andes)

• alpakka (“alpacca, nickel silver”)

• alpaka in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /alˈpaka/ [alˈpa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: al‧pa‧ka

From Dutch alpaca, from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

alpaka (plural alpaka-alpaka)

1. alpaca,
   1. a sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña
   2. wool from the alpaca

Unknown, possibly Sanskrit अल्पक (alpaka, “small, minute”).

alpaka (plural alpaka-alpaka)

1. alpacca, nickel silver (metal alloy)

From Balinese ᬅᬮ᭄ᬧᬓ (“oppose; treason, rebel”).

alpaka (comparative lebih alpaka, superlative paling alpaka)

1. (dialect) disobey

• “alpaka”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Polish alpaka.

• IPA^(key): /alˈpa.ka/
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: al‧pa‧ka

alpaka m animal

1. alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “alpaga”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “alpaka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3]
• “alpaka”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

• IPA^(key): /alˈpa.ka/

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: al‧pa‧ka

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca.^[1][2] First attested in 1838.^[3]

• alpaga

alpaka f (related adjective alpakowy)

1. (countable) alpaca (Lama pacos)

   wełna alpaki ― alpaca wool

2. (uncountable) alpaca (wool from the alpaca, with strong and very long fibres, and coloring from black to brown to white)
3. (countable) alpaca (garment made of such wool)
4. (uncountable) alpaca hair (textile made from alpaca hair)

• → Kashubian: alpaka

Borrowed from German Alpaka.^[1][2] First attested in 1855.^[4]

alpaka f (related adjective alpakowy)

1. (uncountable) alpacca, nickel silver (hard, corrosion-resistant alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel, used to make domestic silverware)

   Synonym: (archaic) argentan

• alpaka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• alpaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• alpaka in PWN's encyclopedia
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alpaka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 27
• alpaka in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

alpaka

1. alternative spelling of allpaqa

alpaka f (Cyrillic spelling алпака)

1. alpaca

• IPA^(key): /alpáːka/

alpȃka f

1. alpaca

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	alpáka
gen. sing.	alpáke
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	alpáka	alpáki	alpáke
genitive (rodȋlnik)	alpáke	alpák	alpák
dative (dajȃlnik)	alpáki	alpákama	alpákam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	alpáko	alpáki	alpáke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	alpáki	alpákah	alpákah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	alpáko	alpákama	alpákami

• “alpaka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

• IPA^(key): /ɑlˈpɑ.kɑ/

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alpaka class IX (plural alpaka class X)

1. alpaca (camelid animal)

• (Camelids) Camelidae: ngamia na jamaa; ngamia (“camel”) or jamali, lama (“llama”), - (“guanaco”), alpaka (“alpaca”), - (“vicuña”) ^{(Category: sw:Camelids) [edit]}

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈpaka/ [ʔɐlˈpaː.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: al‧pa‧ka

alpaka (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜃ)

1. alpaca (camelid animal of the Andes)
2. alpaca (wool)

• “alpaka”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “alpaka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 26

• palaka, kalapa

From Ottoman Turkish الپاقه (alpaka), from French alpaca.

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alpaka (definite accusative alpakayı, plural alpakalar)

1. alpaca

• “alpaka”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu