kaaren
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *karnëh, from Proto-Uralic *karne, see there for further etymology. Cognates include Finnish kaarne, Livonian kārnaz, Võro kaarna, kaarnas, kaarnõq, kaarnõh, Ingrian kaarne, Veps karniš (“crow”), Karelian koarneh, Livvi kuarneh; Northern Sami gáranas, Inari Sami káránâs, Skolt Sami käärnõs (from Proto-Samic *kārënës); Erzya кренч (kŕenč), Moksha кранч (kranč), Eastern Mari курныж (kurnyž), Udmurt кырныж (kyrnyž), Komi-Zyrian кырныш (kyrnyš), Tundra Nenets харна (xarna), харӈэˮ (xarŋeq), Mator [script needed] (karguj). Phonetically similar terms for corvids can be found in Indo-European languages, compare Latin corvus (“raven”), cornix (“crow”), Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “crow”). Possibly onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kaaren (genitive kaarna, partitive kaarnat)
- raven (Corvus corax)
- A large, all black metallic bird native to the northern hemisphere.
- (figuratively) A greedy person.
Declension[edit]
Declension of kaaren (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kaaren | kaarnad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kaarna | ||
genitive | kaarnate | ||
partitive | kaarnat | kaarnaid | |
illative | kaarnasse | kaarnatesse kaarnaisse | |
inessive | kaarnas | kaarnates kaarnais | |
elative | kaarnast | kaarnatest kaarnaist | |
allative | kaarnale | kaarnatele kaarnaile | |
adessive | kaarnal | kaarnatel kaarnail | |
ablative | kaarnalt | kaarnatelt kaarnailt | |
translative | kaarnaks | kaarnateks kaarnaiks | |
terminative | kaarnani | kaarnateni | |
essive | kaarnana | kaarnatena | |
abessive | kaarnata | kaarnateta | |
comitative | kaarnaga | kaarnatega |
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Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
kaaren
Anagrams[edit]
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
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- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑːren
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- Estonian lemmas
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- Estonian õpik-type nominals
- et:Corvids
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