karhu

Finnish

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Etymology

Possibly from the earlier *karšu. Compare Estonian karu.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ˈkɑrxu], X-SAMPA: ["kArxu]
• Hyphenation: kar‧hu
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

karhu

1. bear in general.
2. brown bear (Ursus arctos).

Declension

Declension of karhu (type valo) singular plural nominative karhu karhut genitive karhun karhujen partitive karhua karhuja accusative karhu karhun karhut inessive karhussa karhuissa elative karhusta karhuista illative karhuun karhuihin adessive karhulla karhuilla ablative karhulta karhuilta allative karhulle karhuille essive karhuna karhuina translative karhuksi karhuiksi instructive – karhuin abessive karhutta karhuitta comitative – karhuineen

Synonyms

• (bear): kontio, kouvo, mesikämmen, metsän kuningas, nalle, ohto, oksi, otso
• (Ursus arctos): maakarhu, ruskeakarhu

Derived terms

• karhumainen
• karhuta

compounds

etruskikarhu harmaakarhu jääkarhu karhuemo karhujahti karhukirje karhukoira karhunhammas karhunkieli karhunlanka

karhunpalvelus karhunpalvonta karhunpeijaiset karhunputki karhunraudat karhunsammal karhuntalja kodiakinkarhu luolakarhu maakarhu

malaijikarhu merikarhu mustakarhu nallekarhu pesukarhu sepelkarhu silmälasikarhu syyriankarhu tiekarhu verokarhu

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Votic

Noun

karhu

1. bear