merikarhu

Finnish

Etymology

meri (“sea”) +‎ karhu (“bear”)

Noun

merikarhu

  1. (zoology) fur seal
  2. (nautical) seadog, tar (experienced sailor)

Usage notes
  • A committee for standardization of Finnish mammal names proposes (in 2008) that the fur seal genus Arctocephalus (8 species) should be called haaremihylkeet and the genus Callorhinus (1 species) beringinhylkeet.

Declension
Inflection of merikarhu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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
instructive — merikarhuin
abessive merikarhutta merikarhuitta
comitative — merikarhuineen

Synonyms
  • turkishylje

Hypernyms
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.