merikarhu
Finnish
Etymology
meri (“sea”) + karhu (“bear”)
Noun
merikarhu
- (zoology) fur seal
- (nautical) seadog, tar (experienced sailor)
Usage notes
- A committee for standardization of Finnish mammal names proposes (in 2008) that the fur seal genus Arctocephalus (8 species) should be called haaremihylkeet and the genus Callorhinus (1 species) beringinhylkeet.
Declension
| Inflection of merikarhu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | merikarhu | merikarhut | |
| genitive | merikarhun | merikarhujen | |
| partitive | merikarhua | merikarhuja | |
| illative | merikarhuun | merikarhuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | merikarhu | merikarhut | |
| accusative | nom. | merikarhu | merikarhut |
| gen. | merikarhun | ||
| genitive | merikarhun | merikarhujen | |
| partitive | merikarhua | merikarhuja | |
| inessive | merikarhussa | merikarhuissa | |
| elative | merikarhusta | merikarhuista | |
| illative | merikarhuun | merikarhuihin | |
| adessive | merikarhulla | merikarhuilla | |
| ablative | merikarhulta | merikarhuilta | |
| allative | merikarhulle | merikarhuille | |
| essive | merikarhuna | merikarhuina | |
| translative | merikarhuksi | merikarhuiksi | |
| instructive | — | merikarhuin | |
| abessive | merikarhutta | merikarhuitta | |
| comitative | — | merikarhuineen | |
Synonyms
- turkishylje
Hypernyms
- korvahylje