секвоя

Bulgarian

Etymology

From the translingual taxonomical genus Sequoia, from the Cherokee name Sequoyah (ᏎᏉᏯ (sequoya)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sɛˈkvɔjɐ]
  • Syllabification(key): сек‧во‧я
  • Hyphenation(key): сек‧воя
  • Rhymes: -ɔjɐ

Noun

секво́я • (sekvója) f

  1. sequoia tree
  2. (singular only) sequoia wood
  3. (botany, singular only) genus Sequoia

Declension
Declension of секво́я
singular plural
indefinite секво́я
sekvója		 секво́и
sekvói
definite секво́ята
sekvójata		 секво́ите
sekvóite

References
  • “секвоя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “секвоя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • “секвоя”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 874
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