työmyyrä
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== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
työ + myyrä. Calque of Swedish arbetsmyra (literally “work ant”), with myra (“ant”) replaced with myyrä (“vole, mole”) through phono-semantic matching.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtyø̯ˌmyːræ/, [ˈt̪yø̞̯ˌmyːræ]
Rhymes: -yːræ
Syllabification(key): työ‧myy‧rä
Hyphenation(key): työ‧myyrä
=== Noun ===
työmyyrä
(figuratively) hard worker, workhorse
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“työmyyrä”, 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 3 July 2023