chikungunya
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Makonde chikungunya (“that which bends up”),[1] apparently referring to the arthritic effects of the disease. See -kunja, a suffix related to bending.[2] Compare Swahili kunja (“to bend, to fold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪkʊŋˈɡʊnjə/, /ˌt͡ʃɪkənˈɡʌnjə/
Noun
chikungunya (uncountable)
- A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites. [from 1952][1]
- 2007, Didier Fontenille, Anna Bella Failloux, Roberto Romi, “Should we expect Chikungunya and Dengue in Southern Europe?”, in Willem Takken, Bart G. J. Knols, editors, Emerging Pests and Vector-borne Diseases in Europe, page 169:
- 2010, Stephen A. Berger, Infectious Diseases of Zimbabwe, page 55:
- The fever of Chikungunya is characterized by a rapid rise in temperature to as high as 40 C, often accompanied by rigors, myalgia, headache, photophobia, retro-orbital pain, sore throat with objective signs of pharyngitis, nausea, and vomiting.
- 2011, Franz J. Conraths, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Chapter 13: Infectious Diseases Under the Influence of Changing Environmental Factors, page 256:
- Chikungunya infections are caused by an alphavirus from the family Togaviridae.
Translations
a viral fever caused by an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites
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References
- “chikungunya”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Pieter Jacob Kraal (2005) Universiteit Leiden, editor, A Grammar of Makonde, Chinnima, Tanzania, →ISBN, page 198 (book) or 212 (PDF): “-kunja ... bend.”
Further reading
chikungunya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Etymology
From English chikungunya.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃikuŋɡunjɑ/, [ˈt̪ʃikuŋˌŋunjɑ̝]
- Syllabification(key): chi‧kun‧gun‧ya
Declension
| Inflection of chikungunya (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | chikungunya | — | ||
| genitive | chikungunyan | — | ||
| partitive | chikungunyaa | — | ||
| illative | chikungunyaan | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | chikungunya | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | chikungunya | — | |
| gen. | chikungunyan | |||
| genitive | chikungunyan | — | ||
| partitive | chikungunyaa | — | ||
| inessive | chikungunyassa | — | ||
| elative | chikungunyasta | — | ||
| illative | chikungunyaan | — | ||
| adessive | chikungunyalla | — | ||
| ablative | chikungunyalta | — | ||
| allative | chikungunyalle | — | ||
| essive | chikungunyana | — | ||
| translative | chikungunyaksi | — | ||
| abessive | chikungunyatta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English chikungunya.
Spanish
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