poolkera

Estonian

Etymology

From pool +‎ kera. Calque of German Halbkugel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoˑlˌkerɑ/, [ˈpoˑlˌkerɑ]
• Rhymes: -erɑ
• Hyphenation: pool‧ke‧ra

Noun

poolkera (genitive poolkera, partitive poolkera)

1. (anatomy) hemisphere (one of the halves of the largest part of the brain)

   Synonym: ajupoolkera

2. (geography) hemisphere (one of the parts into which the globe is conditionally divided)

   Synonym: hemisfäär

Declension

Declension of poolkera (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		poolkera	poolkerad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	poolkera
genitive			poolkerade
partitive		poolkera	poolkerasid
illative		poolkerra poolkerasse	poolkeradesse
inessive		poolkeras	poolkerades
elative		poolkerast	poolkeradest
allative		poolkerale	poolkeradele
adessive		poolkeral	poolkeradel
ablative		poolkeralt	poolkeradelt
translative		poolkeraks	poolkeradeks
terminative		poolkerani	poolkeradeni
essive		poolkerana	poolkeradena
abessive		poolkerata	poolkeradeta
comitative		poolkeraga	poolkeradega

Compounds

• ajupoolkera

References

• poolkera in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “poolkera”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009