merikarhu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]meri (“sea”) + karhu (“bear”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]merikarhu
- (zoology, dated) Synonym of haaremihylje (“southern fur seal of the genus Arctocephalus”).
- (zoology, dated) Synonym of beringinhylje (“northern fur seal of the genus Callorhinus”).
- (nautical) seadog, tar (experienced sailor)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of merikarhu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | merikarhu | merikarhut | |
genitive | merikarhun | merikarhujen | |
partitive | merikarhua | merikarhuja | |
illative | merikarhuun | merikarhuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | merikarhu | merikarhut | |
accusative | nom. | merikarhu | merikarhut |
gen. | merikarhun | ||
genitive | merikarhun | merikarhujen | |
partitive | merikarhua | merikarhuja | |
inessive | merikarhussa | merikarhuissa | |
elative | merikarhusta | merikarhuista | |
illative | merikarhuun | merikarhuihin | |
adessive | merikarhulla | merikarhuilla | |
ablative | merikarhulta | merikarhuilta | |
allative | merikarhulle | merikarhuille | |
essive | merikarhuna | merikarhuina | |
translative | merikarhuksi | merikarhuiksi | |
abessive | merikarhutta | merikarhuitta | |
instructive | — | merikarhuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hypernyms
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[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “merikarhu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Ingrian
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Etymology
[edit]From meri (“sea”) + karhu (“bear”), calque of translingual Ursus maritimus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmeriˌkɑru/, [ˈme̞riˌkɑru]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmeriˌkɑrhu/, [ˈme̞riˌɡ̊ɑrhu]
- Rhymes: -ɑru, -ɑrhu
- Hyphenation: me‧ri‧kar‧hu
Noun
[edit]merikarhu
- polar bear
- 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53:
- Kylmiis poljarnois mais elää merikarhu
- The polar bear lives in cold polar lands
Declension
[edit]Declension of merikarhu (type 4/koivu, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | merikarhu | merikarhut |
genitive | merikarhun | merikarhuin, merikarhuloin |
partitive | merikarhua | merikarhuja, merikarhuloja |
illative | merikarhuu | merikarhui, merikarhuloihe |
inessive | merikarhuus | merikarhuis, merikarhulois |
elative | merikarhust | merikarhuist, merikarhuloist |
allative | merikarhulle | merikarhuille, merikarhuloille |
adessive | merikarhuul | merikarhuil, merikarhuloil |
ablative | merikarhult | merikarhuilt, merikarhuloilt |
translative | merikarhuks | merikarhuiks, merikarhuloiks |
essive | merikarhunna, merikarhuun | merikarhuinna, merikarhuloinna, merikarhuin, merikarhuloin |
exessive1) | merikarhunt | merikarhuint, merikarhuloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Synonyms
[edit]Categories:
- Finnish compound terms
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrhu
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrhu/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Zoology
- Finnish dated terms
- fi:Nautical
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- fi:Pinnipeds
- Ingrian compound terms
- Ingrian terms calqued from Translingual
- Ingrian terms derived from Translingual
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑru
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑru/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑrhu
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑrhu/4 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Ingrian terms with quotations
- izh:Ursids