kanibal

From English cannibal, borrowed from Spanish caníbal, from Taíno caniba, the Taíno form recorded by Christopher Columbus for the Caribs, who were greatly feared. From an Arawak language, probably Taíno.

• Hyphenation: ka‧ni‧bal

kanibal

1. a cannibal

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaɲɪbal]

kanibal m anim

1. cannibal

Borrowed from Dutch kannibaal (“cannibal”), from Spanish caníbal, from Taíno caniba, probably from Arawak language, probably Taíno, and ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kaˈnibal/ [kaˈni.bal]
• Rhymes: -ibal
• Syllabification: ka‧ni‧bal

kanibal (plural kanibal-kanibal)

1. cannibal, anthropophagus, man-eater
2. (figurative) cannibalization (the practice of removing parts or subsystems necessary for repair from another similar device)

• “kanibal”, 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 Spanish caníbal.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɲi.bal/

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• Rhymes: -ibal
• Syllabification: ka‧ni‧bal

kanibal m pers (female equivalent kanibalka)

1. cannibal (organism which eats others of its own species)
2. cannibal (human)

   Synonyms: antropofag, ludojad, ludożerca

Any organism:

Human:

• kanibal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kanibal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /kǎnibal/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ni‧bal

kànibal m anim (Cyrillic spelling ка̀нибал)

1. cannibal

Borrowed from Spanish caníbal with stress shift, from older caríbal, from caribe, from Taíno or Kalinago, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kaniˈbal/ [kɐ.n̪ɪˈbal]
    • Rhymes: -al
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkanibal/ [ˌkaː.n̪ɪˈbal] (English influence)
    • Rhymes: -anibal
• Syllabification: ka‧ni‧bal

kanibál or kánibál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜊᜎ᜔)

1. cannibal

   Synonyms: antropopago, kaing-kapwa

• “kanibal”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “kanibal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

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