Eira
See also: eira and -eira
Translingual
Eira barbara
Etymology
From Spanish eirá, connected to Guaraní eíra (“honey”), a food the animal is fond of,[1] whence also Portuguese papa-mel, another vernacular name.)
Proper noun
Eira f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – the tayra.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Mustelidae - family; Mustelinae or Guloninae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Eira barbara (sole known species)
References
Tayra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Eira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Eira barbara on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Eira in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Eira at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Eira at Encyclopedia of Life
- Eira at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Mark Wainwright, Oscar Arias, The mammals of Costa Rica: a natural history and field guide (2007)
Finnish
Etymology
From an Old Norse goddess of medicine, Eir, eir (“relief”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈei̯rɑ/, [ˈe̞i̯rɑ]
- Rhymes: -eirɑ
- Syllabification(key): Ei‧ra
Proper noun
Eira
- a female given name
- A district of Helsinki, the site of a hospital named for the Old Norse goddess.
Declension
| Inflection of Eira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Eira | Eirat | |
| genitive | Eiran | Eirojen | |
| partitive | Eiraa | Eiroja | |
| illative | Eiraan | Eiroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Eira | Eirat | |
| accusative | nom. | Eira | Eirat |
| gen. | Eiran | ||
| genitive | Eiran | Eirojen Eirainrare | |
| partitive | Eiraa | Eiroja | |
| inessive | Eirassa | Eiroissa | |
| elative | Eirasta | Eiroista | |
| illative | Eiraan | Eiroihin | |
| adessive | Eiralla | Eiroilla | |
| ablative | Eiralta | Eiroilta | |
| allative | Eiralle | Eiroille | |
| essive | Eirana | Eiroina | |
| translative | Eiraksi | Eiroiksi | |
| instructive | — | Eiroin | |
| abessive | Eiratta | Eiroitta | |
| comitative | — | Eiroineen | |
| Possessive forms of Eira (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Eirani | Eiramme |
| 2nd person | Eirasi | Eiranne |
| 3rd person | Eiransa | |