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