"niisa" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Greenlandic]

IPA: /niisa/ (note: Nuuk), [nɪːsə] (note: Nuuk) Forms: niisat [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse hnísa. Etymology templates: {{bor|kl|non|hnísa}} Old Norse hnísa Head templates: {{head|kl|noun|plural|niisat|head=}} niisa (plural niisat), {{kl-noun|niisat}} niisa (plural niisat)
  1. porpoise
    Sense id: en-niisa-kl-noun-7EQZRor3
  2. harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Categories (lifeform): Animals, Cetaceans
    Sense id: en-niisa-kl-noun-4DPlJIHg Disambiguation of Animals: 6 94 Disambiguation of Cetaceans: 11 89 Categories (other): Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header, Greenlandic entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Greenlandic entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: niisaaq (english: porpoise calf), niisarnaq (english: long-finned pilot whale)

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for niisa meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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        ],
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          "Phocoena phocoena",
          "Phocoena phocoena#Translingual"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/niisa/",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɪːsə]",
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    }
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    "Greenlandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Greenlandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "english": "long-finned pilot whale",
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    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    }
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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