nieriä

== Finnish == === Alternative forms === nieriäinen (dialectal) nieriäs (obsolete) === Etymology === Unknown. The word is mainly found in Ladoga Karelia and Ingria, although some variants have a broader distribution throughout Eastern and Northern Finland. Related to Karelian nierieš (North Karelian), nieriäs (South Karelian) and Livvi nieriäs. Possibly in some way related to Estonian noorjas (Torma), norjas (Viru-Jaagupi). Further comparisons, mainly to Samoyedic languages, are even less certain. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnie̯riæ/, [ˈnie̞̯riæ] Rhymes: -ieriæ Syllabification(key): nie‧ri‧ä Hyphenation(key): nie‧riä === Noun === nieriä Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) Synonym: rautu ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: не́рка (nérka), ня́рка (njárka) — obsolete, dialectal→ Translingual: Oncorhynchus nerka→ Bulgarian: не́рка (nérka)→ Czech: nerka→ English: nerka→ Even: neerka→ Evenki: nerka, njarka→ Polish: nerka→ Ukrainian: не́рка (nérka) ==== References ==== Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN Kendla, Mari (2014), “Über die Entstehung und Klassifizierung estnischer Fischbezeichnungen [On the Development and Categorization of Estonian Fish Names]”, in Linguistica Uralica‎[2] (in German), volume 50, number 1, →DOI, pages 38–39 Plevačová, Hermína (1978), “K slovanským výpůjčkám narikla, nerita, nerka, nanara ap. [About the Slavic loans narikla, nerita, nerka, nanara and so on]”, in Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. A, Řada jazykovědná‎[3] (in Czech), volumes A25-26, pages 87–91 === Further reading === “nieriä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023