"karhu" meaning in Proto-Finnic

See karhu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Most likely a euphemistic derivation from *karhëda (“rough, coarse”) + *-u. Alternatively (through earlier *karša-) a possible loan from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos. Etymology templates: {{suffix|urj-fin-pro|*karhëda|*u|t1=rough, coarse}} *karhëda (“rough, coarse”) + *-u, {{cog|iir-pro|*Hŕ̥ćšas}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas, {{cog|ine-pro|*h₂ŕ̥tḱos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos Inflection templates: {{urj-fin-decl|karhu}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], karhu [nominative, singular], karhut [nominative, plural], karhun [accusative, singular], karhut [accusative, plural], karhun [genitive, singular], karhudën [genitive, plural], karhuidën [genitive, plural], karhuda [partitive, singular], karhuida [partitive, plural], karhussa [inessive, singular], karhuhna [inessive, singular], karhuissa [inessive, plural], karhuihna [inessive, plural], karhusta [elative, singular], karhuista [elative, plural], karhuhën [illative, singular], karhuihën [illative, plural], karhulla [adessive, singular], karhuilla [adessive, plural], karhulta [ablative, singular], karhuilta [ablative, plural], karhulën [allative, singular], karhulëk [allative, singular], karhuilën [allative, plural], karhuilëk [allative, plural], karhuna [essive, singular], karhuina [essive, plural], karhuksi [singular, translative], karhuiksi [plural, translative], karhun [instructive, singular], karhuin [instructive, plural], karhunëk [comitative, singular], karhuinëk [comitative, plural], karhutta [abessive, singular], karhuitta [abessive, plural]
  1. bear Tags: reconstruction Synonyms: *kontija, *okci
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "karu"
          },
          "expansion": "Estonian: karu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Estonian: karu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "liv",
            "2": "karū",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Livonian: karū",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Livonian: karū"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "karhu"
          },
          "expansion": "Finnish: karhu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Finnish: karhu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "karhu"
          },
          "expansion": "Ingrian: karhu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ingrian: karhu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krl",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Karelian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karelian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "archaic",
            "2": "poetic"
          },
          "expansion": "(archaic, poetic)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Karelian: (archaic, poetic) karhu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "archaic",
            "2": "poetic"
          },
          "expansion": "(archaic, poetic)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "South Karelian: (archaic, poetic) karhu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vro",
            "2": "karh",
            "3": "kahr"
          },
          "expansion": "Võro: karh, kahr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Võro: karh, kahr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vot",
            "2": "karu"
          },
          "expansion": "Votic: karu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Votic: karu"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "*karhëda",
        "3": "*u",
        "t1": "rough, coarse"
      },
      "expansion": "*karhëda (“rough, coarse”) + *-u",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "*Hŕ̥ćšas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*h₂ŕ̥tḱos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Most likely a euphemistic derivation from *karhëda (“rough, coarse”) + *-u. Alternatively (through earlier *karša-) a possible loan from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhudën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuda",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuida",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhussa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuhna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhusta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuhën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuihën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhulla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhulta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhulën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhulëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhunëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhutta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "karhu"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karhu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/rounded",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bear"
      ],
      "id": "en-karhu-urj-fin-pro-noun-vJi7UOgJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*kontija"
        },
        {
          "word": "*okci"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "karhu"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "karu"
          },
          "expansion": "Estonian: karu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Estonian: karu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "liv",
            "2": "karū",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Livonian: karū",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Livonian: karū"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "karhu"
          },
          "expansion": "Finnish: karhu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Finnish: karhu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "karhu"
          },
          "expansion": "Ingrian: karhu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ingrian: karhu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krl",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Karelian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karelian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "archaic",
            "2": "poetic"
          },
          "expansion": "(archaic, poetic)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Karelian: (archaic, poetic) karhu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "archaic",
            "2": "poetic"
          },
          "expansion": "(archaic, poetic)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "South Karelian: (archaic, poetic) karhu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vro",
            "2": "karh",
            "3": "kahr"
          },
          "expansion": "Võro: karh, kahr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Võro: karh, kahr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vot",
            "2": "karu"
          },
          "expansion": "Votic: karu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Votic: karu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "*karhëda",
        "3": "*u",
        "t1": "rough, coarse"
      },
      "expansion": "*karhëda (“rough, coarse”) + *-u",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "*Hŕ̥ćšas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*h₂ŕ̥tḱos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Most likely a euphemistic derivation from *karhëda (“rough, coarse”) + *-u. Alternatively (through earlier *karša-) a possible loan from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhut",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhudën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuda",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuida",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhussa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuhna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhusta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuhën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuihën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhulla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhulta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhulën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhulëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhunëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhutta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "karhuitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "karhu"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karhu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Finnic lemmas",
        "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/rounded",
        "Proto-Finnic nouns",
        "Proto-Finnic terms suffixed with *-u",
        "urj-fin-pro:Ursids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*kontija"
        },
        {
          "word": "*okci"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "karhu"
}

Download raw JSONL data for karhu meaning in Proto-Finnic (5.5kB)


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