härkä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *härkä, probably borrowed from Baltic. Cognates include Estonian härg. Senses 4 and 5 are semantic loans from Latin taurus and Chinese 牛宿 (Niúxiù), respectively. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhærkæ/, [ˈhærk̟æ] Rhymes: -ærkæ Syllabification(key): här‧kä Hyphenation(key): här‧kä === Noun === härkä ox, steer, stag meat from a bull, beef (finance) bull (investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices) (astrology) Taurus Ox (the second animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac) ==== Declension ==== Archaic: ==== Synonyms ==== (meat from a bull): häränliha ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === References === === Further reading === “härkä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *härkä. Cognates with Finnish härkä and Estonian härg. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhærkæ/, [ˈhærk] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhærkæ/, [ˈhærɡ̊æ] (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈhærkæ/, [ˈhærɡ̊æ] Rhymes: -ærk, -ærkæ Hyphenation: här‧kä === Noun === härkä ox, bull, steer (male cow) short for merihärkä ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== hällö ==== Derived terms ==== (diminutive) härkäin === References === V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 59 Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 81 Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 41 == Karelian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *härkä. Cognates include Finnish härkä and Veps härg. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhærkæ/ Hyphenation: här‧kä === Noun === härkä (genitive härän, partitive härkyä) (North Karelian) ox, steer, bull ==== Declension ==== === References === P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “härkä”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 35