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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from South Siberian Turkic (Altai region, for example the Altay or Shor language, cf Khakas: тағ (tağ)),[1] or alternatively Yakut тайга (tayga, “untraversable forest”).[2][3]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪɡə/, /taɪˈɡɑː/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪɡə
- Homophone: tiger (nonrhotic with initial stress)
Noun[edit]
taiga (plural taigas)
- A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Synonyms: boreal forest, snow forest
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 197:
- The mountains run from the Arctic Island of Novaya Zemlya southwards, dividing the endless wastes of the Siberian taiga and the steppes from the Russian platform in the west.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 871:
- Like the taiga, he was everywhere, and mysterious—a heroic being with unearthly gifts.
- 2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 April 2016, page 98:
- Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
subarctic zone of coniferous forest
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References[edit]
- ^ "taiga." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.
- ^ The template Template:R:ru:Tsyganenko does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “тайга”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN - ^ Taiga in Bokmålsordboka
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from Turkic or Yakut тайга (tayga), which roughly could be translated as "slippery place". Most likely, the meaning come from a verb Yakut тай (tay) - to slip. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
taiga f (plural taiga's)
- taiga (subarctic evergreen coniferous forest) [from 19th c.]
Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
taiga
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
taiga
Declension[edit]
Inflection of taiga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | taiga | taigat | ||
genitive | taigan | taigojen | ||
partitive | taigaa | taigoja | ||
illative | taigaan | taigoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | taiga | taigat | ||
accusative | nom. | taiga | taigat | |
gen. | taigan | |||
genitive | taigan | taigojen taigainrare | ||
partitive | taigaa | taigoja | ||
inessive | taigassa | taigoissa | ||
elative | taigasta | taigoista | ||
illative | taigaan | taigoihin | ||
adessive | taigalla | taigoilla | ||
ablative | taigalta | taigoilta | ||
allative | taigalle | taigoille | ||
essive | taigana | taigoina | ||
translative | taigaksi | taigoiksi | ||
abessive | taigatta | taigoitta | ||
instructive | — | taigoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “taiga”, 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 2023-07-03
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
taiga f (plural taighe)
Anagrams[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
taiga
Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
taiga f (4th declension)
Declension[edit]
Declension of taiga (4th declension)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
taiga f (plural taigas)
- taiga (subarctic zone of coniferous forest)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian тайга (tajga).
Noun[edit]
taiga f (plural taigale)
Declension[edit]
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