karhunvatukka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]karhun (“bear's”) + vatukka (“raspberry”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɑrhunˌʋɑtukːɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝rhunˌʋɑ̝t̪ukːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑtukːɑ
- Hyphenation(key): karhun‧vatuk‧ka
Noun
[edit]karhunvatukka
- any of the Eurasian and North American Rubus (genus of raspberry) species that bear black brambles; blackberry, black raspberry etc. (the two species native to Finland are more specifically known as lehtovatukka (“Rubus pruinosus”) and sinivatukka (“Rubus caesius, European dewberry”))
- the fruit of such plant
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “karhunvatukka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02