kangas

== English == === Noun === kangas plural of kanga === Anagrams === Kagans, kagans, ngakas, sangak == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋːɑs/, [ˈkɑ̝ŋːɑ̝s̠] Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑs Syllabification(key): kan‧gas Hyphenation(key): kan‧gas === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Finnic *kangas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (compare Danish gang (“forty warp threads”), Middle High German ganc (“warp count (in weaving)”), Middle Low German ganc (“warp count (in weaving)”)). ==== Noun ==== kangas cloth, fabric, textile (woven fabric) material (cloth to be made into a garment) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “1. kangas”, 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 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Finnic *kangas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (“way, passage”) (compare German Gang), boreal forests being easily passable. ==== Noun ==== kangas A soil type: firm, moraine ground covered with a relatively thin layer of organic topsoil called podsol Synonym: kangasmaa A forest type growing on such soil, predominantly coniferous; boreal forest, heath forest. Synonym: kangasmetsä ===== Usage notes ===== Common element in place names and surnames, certainly more so than etymology 1. ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “2. kangas”, 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 1 July 2023 === See also === Wikipedia articles on podsol and taiga == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *kangas. Cognates include Finnish kangas and Estonian kangas. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɑs/, [ˈkɑŋɡəz̠] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɑs/, [ˈkɑŋɡ̊ɑʒ̥] (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɑs/, [ˈkɑŋɡ̊ɑʒ̥] Rhymes: -ɑŋɡɑs Hyphenation: kan‧gas === Noun === kangas fabric, cloth a type of soil, consisting of moraine ground covered by podzol a type of forest growing on such soil ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Fedor Tumansky (1790), “кандасъ”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 695 V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53 Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 133