marjatuomipihlaja
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]marja (“berry”) + tuomipihlaja (“plant of the genus Amelanchier”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmɑrjɑˌtuo̯miˌpihlɑjɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rjɑ̝ˌt̪uo̞̯miˌpiçlɑ̝jɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ihlɑjɑ
- Syllabification(key): mar‧ja‧tuo‧mi‧pih‧la‧ja
Noun
[edit]marjatuomipihlaja
- saskatoon, serviceberry, Saskatoon berry, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, western shadbush, western juneberry, Amelanchier alnifolia (shrub with an edible berry-like fruit, native to North America)
Declension
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- saskatoon (especially the commercial cultivars)
- mustikkapuu
See also
[edit]- saskatoon (berry of this shrub)
Further reading
[edit]- “marjatuomipihlaja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03