karhu

See also: Karhu

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *karhu, probably derived from *karheda (karhea, "rough, coarse") as a euphemism, replacing original *okci (oksi, but see ohto, otso). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Swedish björn and sense 4 from English bear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrhu/, [ˈkɑrhu]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑrhu
  • Syllabification(key): kar‧hu

Noun

karhu

  1. bear (large omnivorous mammal of the family Ursidae)
    Synonym: see Thesaurus:karhu
  2. brown bear, Ursus arctos
    Synonyms: maakarhu, ruskeakarhu
  3. (informal) debtor
    Synonym: velkoja
    1. (informal) taxman
      Synonyms: verottaja, veronkantaja, (informal) verokarhu
  4. (finance) bear (investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices)
    Antonym: härkä

Declension

Inflection of karhu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative karhu karhut
genitive karhun karhujen
partitive karhua karhuja
illative karhuun karhuihin
singular plural
nominative karhu karhut
accusative nom. karhu karhut
gen. karhun
genitive karhun karhujen
partitive karhua karhuja
inessive karhussa karhuissa
elative karhusta karhuista
illative karhuun karhuihin
adessive karhulla karhuilla
ablative karhulta karhuilta
allative karhulle karhuille
essive karhuna karhuina
translative karhuksi karhuiksi
instructive karhuin
abessive karhutta karhuitta
comitative karhuineen
Possessive forms of karhu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person karhuni karhumme
2nd person karhusi karhunne
3rd person karhunsa

Derived terms

Compounds

Further reading


Ingrian

Karhu.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *karhu. Cognates include Finnish karhu and Estonian karu.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑru/, [ˈkɑru]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑrhu/, [ˈkɑrhu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑru, -ɑrhu
  • Hyphenation: kar‧hu

Noun

karhu

  1. bear
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 29:
      A täs ono karhu.
      And here is a bear.

Declension

Declension of karhu (type 4/koivu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative karhu karhut
genitive karhun karhuin, karhuloin
partitive karhua karhuja, karhuloja
illative karhuu karhui, karhuloihe
inessive karhuus karhuis, karhulois
elative karhust karhuist, karhuloist
allative karhulle karhuille, karhuloille
adessive karhuul karhuil, karhuloil
ablative karhult karhuilt, karhuloilt
translative karhuks karhuiks, karhuloiks
essive karhunna, karhuun karhuinna, karhuloinna, karhuin, karhuloin
exessive1) karhunt karhuint, karhuloint
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.

Derived terms

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 61
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 136
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 80
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