meriharakka
Finnish
Haematopus ostralegus
Etymology
meri (“sea”) + harakka (“magpie”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeriˌhɑrɑkːɑ/, [ˈme̞riˌhɑrɑkːɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑrɑkːɑ
- Syllabification(key): me‧ri‧ha‧rak‧ka
Noun
meriharakka
- Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
- oystercatcher (bird of the family Haematopodidae)
- (in the plural) The taxonomic family Haematopodidae, or, the genus Haematopus, the only genus in the family.
Declension
| Inflection of meriharakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | meriharakka | meriharakat | |
| genitive | meriharakan | meriharakoiden meriharakoitten meriharakkojen | |
| partitive | meriharakkaa | meriharakoita meriharakkoja | |
| illative | meriharakkaan | meriharakoihin meriharakkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | meriharakka | meriharakat | |
| accusative | nom. | meriharakka | meriharakat |
| gen. | meriharakan | ||
| genitive | meriharakan | meriharakoiden meriharakoitten meriharakkojen meriharakkainrare | |
| partitive | meriharakkaa | meriharakoita meriharakkoja | |
| inessive | meriharakassa | meriharakoissa | |
| elative | meriharakasta | meriharakoista | |
| illative | meriharakkaan | meriharakoihin meriharakkoihin | |
| adessive | meriharakalla | meriharakoilla | |
| ablative | meriharakalta | meriharakoilta | |
| allative | meriharakalle | meriharakoille | |
| essive | meriharakkana | meriharakkoina | |
| translative | meriharakaksi | meriharakoiksi | |
| instructive | — | meriharakoin | |
| abessive | meriharakatta | meriharakoitta | |
| comitative | — | meriharakkoineen | |
| Possessive forms of meriharakka (type solakka) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | meriharakkani | meriharakkamme |
| 2nd person | meriharakkasi | meriharakkanne |
| 3rd person | meriharakkansa | |
Synonyms
- (family Haematopodidae): meriharakoiden heimo
- (genus Haematopus): meriharakoiden suku
Derived terms
- patagonianmeriharakka, Haematopus leucopodus (Magellanic oystercatcher)
- chilenmeriharakka, Haematopus ater (blackish oystercatcher)
- alaskanmeriharakka, Haematopus bachmani (American black oystercatcher)
- amerikanmeriharakka, Haematopus palliatus (American oystercatcher)
- kanarianmeriharakka, Haematopus meadewaldoi (Canary Island oystercatcher)
- afrikanmeriharakka, Haematopus moquini (African black oystercatcher)
- uudenseelanninmeriharakka, Haematopus finschi (South Island pied oystercatcher)
- australianmeriharakka, Haematopus longirostris (Australian pied oystercatcher)
- nokimeriharakka, Haematopus unicolor (variable oystercatcher)
- sysimeriharakka, Haematopus fuliginosus (sooty oystercatcher)
Karelian
Noun
meriharakka (genitive meriharakan, partitive meriharakkua)
- Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
- Synonym: merikukko
References
- Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “meriharakka”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, ISSN 1796-041X