karhu

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *karhu, probably derived from *karhëda; equivalent to karhea (“rough, coarse”) +‎ -u. Originally a euphemism for *okci (whence oksi, ohto, and otso). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Swedish björn and sense 4 from English bear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑrhu/, [ˈkɑ̝rhu] Rhymes: -ɑrhu Syllabification(key): kar‧hu Hyphenation(key): kar‧hu === Noun === karhu bear (large omnivorous mammal of the family Ursidae) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:karhu brown bear, Ursus arctos Synonyms: maakarhu, ruskeakarhu (informal) creditor Synonym: velkoja (informal) taxman Synonyms: verottaja, veronkantaja, (informal) verokarhu (finance) bear (investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices) Antonym: härkä ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “karhu”, 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 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *karhu. Cognates include Finnish karhu and Estonian karu. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑru/, [ˈkɑruˑ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑrhu/, [ˈkɑrɣ̥u] Rhymes: -ɑru, -ɑrhu Hyphenation: kar‧hu === Noun === karhu bear ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Fedor Tumansky (1790), “каро”, 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 679 V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 61 Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 136 Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014), Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎[3], →ISBN, page 80 == Karelian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *karhu. Cognates include Finnish karhu and Estonian karu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑrhu/ Hyphenation: kar‧hu === Noun === karhu (genitive karhun, partitive karhuo) (archaic or poetic) synonym of kontie / kondie ==== Declension ==== === References === A. V. Punzhina (1994), “karhu”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “karhu”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[4], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “медведь”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN