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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]
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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.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 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 2007, p. 871:
- Like the taiga, he was everywhere, and mysterious—a heroic being with unearthly gifts.
- 2013 March 1, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 2, 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.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 197:
Translations[edit]
subarctic zone of coniferous forest
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Further reading[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "taiga." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.
- ^ Cyganenko, G. B. (1989), “тайга”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kiev: Radjansʹka škola, page 418
- ^ Taiga in Bokmålsordboka
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Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from Turkic or Yakut тайга (tayga). 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]
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taiga
Finnish[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 | |
instructive | — | taigoin | |
abessive | taigatta | taigoitta | |
comitative | — | taigoineen |
Possessive forms of taiga (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | taigani | taigamme |
2nd person | taigasi | taiganne |
3rd person | taigansa |
Italian[edit]
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taiga f (plural taighe)
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Japanese[edit]
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taiga
Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
taiga f (4th declension)
Declension[edit]
Declension of taiga (4th declension)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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taiga f (plural taigas)
- taiga (subarctic zone of coniferous forest)
Romanian[edit]
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Noun[edit]
taiga f (plural taigale)
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