eļbōn
Marshallese
ipa-rows
Definitions
- an elephant
Etymology
Borrowed from English elephant derived from Middle English elefant derived from Old French elefant derived from Latin elephantus (elephant) derived from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (elephant, ivory) derived from Proto-Berber *eḷu (elephant) derived from Egyptian ꜣbw (elephant, ivory, Elephantine, cessation).
Origin
Egyptian
ꜣbw
Gloss
elephant, ivory, Elephantine, cessation
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
象
Emoji
🐘
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- elephant English
- elephantdom English
- elephantfish English
- elephanthood English
- elephantic English
- elephanticide English
- elephantlike English
- elephantoid English
- elephantry English
- were-elephant English
- elephantem Latin
- elephantus Latin
- elephāns Latin
- elephās, elephantis Latin
- Elefant German
- elefánt Hungarian
- éléphant French
- ἐλέφαντος, ἐλέφας Ancient Greek
- ἐλέφας Ancient Greek
- ἐλέφᾱς Ancient Greek
- elefant Norwegian Bokmål
- *ulbanduz Proto-Germanic
- elefant Norwegian Nynorsk
- इभ Sanskrit
- elefant Middle English
- úlfaldi Old Norse
- elefant Danish
- elefant Old French
- olifan Old French
- olifant Old French
- oliphant Old French
- oliphaunt Old French
- eliffant Welsh
- hëlfant Middle High German
- elephant Middle French
- 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *elpandu gmw-pro
- שנהב Hebrew (modern)
- jrj ꜣbw Egyptian
- n ꜣbw Egyptian
- ꜣbw Egyptian
- ꜣbḏw Egyptian
- Elifant Alemannic German
- elefant Romansh
- oaljefant Western Frisian
- eleofant Old Spanish
- elifant Old Spanish
- arewhana Maori
- 𒄠𒋛 Akkadian
- yb Demotic
- 𐀁𐀩𐀞 Mycenaean Greek
- *eḷu Proto-Berber