huuhkaja
التعريفات والمعاني
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Of onomatopoeic origin; compare Karelian huuhkaja and Estonian huuk.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈhuːhkɑjɑ/, [ˈhuːxkɑ̝jɑ̝]
Rhymes: -uːhkɑjɑ
Syllabification(key): huuh‧ka‧ja
Hyphenation(key): huuh‧ka‧ja
=== Noun ===
huuhkaja
eagle owl (Old World owl of the genus Bubo)
horned owl (New World owl of the genus Bubo)
Eurasian eagle-owl, eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
(in the plural, usually capitalized) A nickname of the Finnish national soccer team - see Huuhkajat.
==== Declension ====
==== Synonyms ====
(Bubo bubo): huuhkain
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“huuhkaja”, 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 2 July 2023
== Karelian ==
=== Etymology ===
Of onomatopoeic origin. Cognates include Finnish huuhkaja and Estonian huuk.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈhuːhkɑjɑ/
Hyphenation: huuh‧ka‧ja
=== Noun ===
huuhkaja (genitive huuhkajan, partitive huuhkajua)
(North Karelian or dialectal) eagle owl
==== Declension ====
==== Synonyms ====
See Thesaurus:huuhkaja
=== References ===
Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “huuhkaja”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “филин”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN, page 334