Amazonka

See also: Amazonką and amazonka

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamazoŋka]

Noun

Amazonka f

1. Amazon (member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area)

Declension

Declension of Amazonka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Amazonka	Amazonky
genitive	Amazonky	Amazonek
dative	Amazonce	Amazonkám
accusative	Amazonku	Amazonky
vocative	Amazonko	Amazonky
locative	Amazonce	Amazonkách
instrumental	Amazonkou	Amazonkami

Proper noun

Amazonka f

1. the Amazon, Amazon River (a major river in Brazil, Colombia and Peru)

Declension

Declension of Amazonka (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Amazonka
genitive	Amazonky
dative	Amazonce
accusative	Amazonku
vocative	Amazonko
locative	Amazonce
instrumental	Amazonkou

Further reading

• “Amazonka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Amazonka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Amazonka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.maˈzɔn.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔnka
• Syllabification: A‧ma‧zon‧ka
• Homophone: amazonka

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓μᾰζών (Ămăzṓn)bor.

Latin Amāzōn

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Polish -ka

Polish -ka

Polish Amazonka

From Latin Amāzōn + Polish -ka.

Noun

Amazonka f

1. (Greek mythology) Amazon (member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area)

Declension

Declension of Amazonka

	singular	plural
nominative	Amazonka	Amazonki
genitive	Amazonki	Amazonek
dative	Amazonce	Amazonkom
accusative	Amazonkę	Amazonki
instrumental	Amazonką	Amazonkami
locative	Amazonce	Amazonkach
vocative	Amazonko	Amazonki

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓μᾰζών (Ămăzṓn)bor.

Latin Amāzonalbor.

Spanish amazonas

Spanish Amazonas

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Polish -ka

Polish -ka

Polish Amazonka

From Spanish Amazonas + Polish -ka.

Proper noun

Amazonka f

1. Amazon (a river in Brazil, Colombia and Peru)

Declension

Declension of Amazonka

	singular
nominative	Amazonka
genitive	Amazonki
dative	Amazonce
accusative	Amazonkę
instrumental	Amazonką
locative	Amazonce
vocative	Amazonko

Related terms

adjectives

• amazoński

nouns

• Amazonia
• amazonit
• amazonka

Further reading

• “Amazonka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Amazonka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

By surface analysis, Amazòna +‎ -ka. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

Amàzōnka f (Cyrillic spelling Ама̀зо̄нка, relational adjective amàzōnskī)

1. Amazon (female warrior)

Declension

Declension of Amazonka

	singular	plural
nominative	Amazonka	Amazonke
genitive	Amazonke	Amazonaka / Amazonka / Amazonki
dative	Amazonki	Amazonkama
accusative	Amazonku	Amazonke
vocative	Amazonko	Amazonke
locative	Amazonki	Amazonkama
instrumental	Amazonkom	Amazonkama