appaloosa
See also: Appaloosa
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæ.pəˈluː.sə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæ.pəˈlu.sə/
- Rhymes: -uːsə
- Hyphenation: Ap‧pa‧loo‧sa
Etymology 1
From a + Palouse + -a. From the phrase "a Palouse horse", referring to the Palouse River near which they were first encountered by non-Native Americans.[1] The river is named for the Palouse region.
Noun
appaloosa (countable and uncountable, plural appaloosas) (US)
- (uncountable) A horse breed best known for its colorful spotted coat pattern.
- (countable) A horse of this breed.
Translations
Etymology 2
Ellipsis of Appaloosa cat, itself an ellipsis of Apaloosa catfish, after the Appalousa people of Louisiana.
Noun
appaloosa (plural appaloosas)
- (Southern US) A catfish.
- 2005, David Francis, The Great Inland Sea, page 141:
- A big fish wends its way towards the shape the light makes, stops and sucks at air. Mottled brown and black, with a pink, appaloosa mouth.
- 2008, Harry Noble, Me and Burnice: A Simpler Time, page 167:
- On a two-day camp out at Red Bluff on the Angelina River in East Texas, we had out twelve trotlines, fishing for mud, appaloosa, blue and channel catfish.
References
- ^ 2002, Dave Conklin, Montana History Weekends: 52 Adventures in History, page 63: "White settlers first described the colorful native mounts as "a Palouse horse," which was soon slurred to "Appalousey."
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “appaloosa”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “appaloosa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “appaloosa, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English appaloosa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑpːɑloːsɑ/, [ˈɑ̝pːɑ̝ˌlo̞ːs̠ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -oːsɑ
- Syllabification(key): ap‧pa‧loo‧sa
- Hyphenation(key): ap‧pa‧loo‧sa
Noun
appaloosa
- appaloosa (horse breed)
Declension
| Inflection of appaloosa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | appaloosa | appaloosat | |
| genitive | appaloosan | appaloosien | |
| partitive | appaloosaa | appaloosia | |
| illative | appaloosaan | appaloosiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | appaloosa | appaloosat | |
| accusative | nom. | appaloosa | appaloosat |
| gen. | appaloosan | ||
| genitive | appaloosan | appaloosien appaloosain rare | |
| partitive | appaloosaa | appaloosia | |
| inessive | appaloosassa | appaloosissa | |
| elative | appaloosasta | appaloosista | |
| illative | appaloosaan | appaloosiin | |
| adessive | appaloosalla | appaloosilla | |
| ablative | appaloosalta | appaloosilta | |
| allative | appaloosalle | appaloosille | |
| essive | appaloosana | appaloosina | |
| translative | appaloosaksi | appaloosiksi | |
| abessive | appaloosatta | appaloositta | |
| instructive | — | appaloosin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English appaloosa.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.paˈlu.zɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.paˈlu.za/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɐˈlu.zɐ/
Noun
appaloosa m or f by sense (plural appaloosas)
- appaloosa (horse breed)
- 2021 November 28, Nosso Campo, Tv Tem, “Pelagem pintada é um dos diferenciais dos cavalos appaloosa”, in G1[1], Grupo Globo:
- Toda raça de cavalo tem uma qualidade que chama a atenção. No caso do appaloosa, a pelagem é um dos diferenciais, sendo um dos motivos para que a raça tenha conquistado a preferência de índios norte-americanos no passado.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)