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mäkärä

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See also: makara, Makara, and makāra

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *mäkärä (probably from earlier *makara), probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian makatas (gnat)). Cognate with dialectal Estonian mägar, Karelian mäkärä, Ludian mägär and Proto-Samic *muokēr.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmækæræ/, [ˈmæk̟æræ]
  • Rhymes: -ækæræ
  • Hyphenation(key): mä‧kä‧rä

Noun

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mäkärä

  1. blackfly, buffalo gnat (any insect of the family Simuliidae)
    Synonym: mäkäräinen
    Hypernyms: sääski (gnat), hyönteinen (insect), ötökkä (bug)

Declension

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Possessive forms of mäkärä (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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