kauris
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See also: Kauris
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]kauris
Finnish
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kapris, borrowing from Proto-Germanic *habraz, *hafraz (“he-goat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kápros. Cognates include Estonian kaber, Karelian kabris.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kauris
- deer (any relatively small deer of unspecified species, especially roe deer) (not as a zoological term)
- (zoology) New World deer, capreoline, telemetacarpal deer (any member of the subfamily Capreolinae of Cervidae)
- Capricorn (someone with Capricorn star sign)
- (dated) ibex (type of wild mountain goat in the genus Capra)
- Synonym: vuohi
- (archaic) billy goat, he-goat (male goat)
- Synonym: pukki
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kauris (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kauris | kauriit | |
genitive | kauriin | kauriiden kauriitten | |
partitive | kaurista | kauriita | |
illative | kauriiseen | kauriisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kauris | kauriit | |
accusative | nom. | kauris | kauriit |
gen. | kauriin | ||
genitive | kauriin | kauriiden kauriitten kauristen rare | |
partitive | kaurista | kauriita | |
inessive | kauriissa | kauriissa | |
elative | kauriista | kauriista | |
illative | kauriiseen | kauriisiin kauriihin rare | |
adessive | kauriilla | kauriilla | |
ablative | kauriilta | kauriilta | |
allative | kauriille | kauriille | |
essive | kauriina | kauriina | |
translative | kauriiksi | kauriiksi | |
abessive | kauriitta | kauriitta | |
instructive | — | kauriin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (roe deer): metsäkauris
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- aasianmetsäkauris
- afrikankääpiökauris
- aksiskauris
- alppikauris
- andienpiikkokauris
- baweaninkauris
- brasialianpiikkokauris
- calamiansaartenkauris
- equadorinpiikkokauris
- filippiinienkauris
- grimminsukeltajakauris
- himalajanmyskikauris
- intiankääpiökauris
- isokauris
- jalokauris
- japaninkauris
- kaukasianvuorikauris
- kaurisantilooppi
- kierteissarvikauris
- kiinanvesikauris
- metsäkauris
- mustahäntäkauris
- myskikauris
- nubianvuorikauris
- pampakauris
- panaynkauris
- persiankauris
- piikkokauris
- pyreneidenvuorikauris
- rytökauris
- siperianvuorikauris
- suokauris
- thaimaankauris
- timorinkauris
- tummamyskikauris
- täpläkauris
- valkohäntäkauris
- valkoturpakauris
- venezuelanpiikkokauris
- vesikauris
- vuorikauris
Further reading
[edit]- “kauris”, 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 2023-07-02
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[edit]Categories:
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑuris
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑuris/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Zoology
- Finnish dated terms
- Finnish terms with archaic senses
- Finnish vieras-type nominals
- fi:Caprines
- fi:Cervids