herilane

== Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *herhiläinen, from an earlier *šerši + *-läinen, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *śirˀšō, compare Lithuanian širšė, Finnish herhiläinen (“wasp”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈherilɑne/, [ˈ(h)erilɑne̞] Rhymes: -ɑne Hyphenation: he‧ri‧la‧ne === Noun === herilane (genitive herilase, partitive herilast) wasp ==== Inflection ==== === References === herilane in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “herilane”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009