taiga

taiga

See also: Taiga, taïga, täiga, and taigā

English

Etymology

From Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from South Siberian Turkic (Altai region, for example the Altay or Shor language, cf Khakas: тағ (tağ)),[1] or alternatively Yakut тайга (tayga, “untraversable forest”).[2][3]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɡə/, /taɪˈɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɪɡə
• Homophone: tiger (in nonrhotic accents)

Noun

taiga (plural taigas)

1. A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.

   Synonyms: boreal forest, snow forest

   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 197:

     The mountains run from the Arctic Island of Novaya Zemlya southwards, dividing the endless wastes of the Siberian taiga and the steppes from the Russian platform in the west.

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 871:

     Like the taiga, he was everywhere, and mysterious—a heroic being with unearthly gifts.

   • 2013 March 1, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 2, page 98:

     Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.

Translations

subarctic zone of coniferous forest

Albanian: tajga Arabic: تَايْغَا‎ f (tāyḡā) Asturian: taiga Basque: taiga (eu) Belarusian: тайга́ f (tajhá) Bulgarian: тайга́ f (tajgá) Catalan: taigà (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 泰加林 (zh) (tàijiālín), 北方針葉林／北方针叶林 (běifāng zhēnyèlín) Chuvash: тайга (tajga) Czech: tajga (cs) f Danish: nåleskov (da) Dolgan: ойуур (oyuur) Dutch: taiga (nl) m Esperanto: tajgo Estonian: taiga (et) Even: дөмҥэ (dömŋə) Finnish: boreaalinen vyöhyke French: taïga (fr) f Galician: taiga German: Taiga (de) f, Borealer Nadelwald Greek: τάιγκα (el) (táigka) Hebrew: טייגה‎ f (tayga) Hungarian: tajga (hu) Icelandic: barrskógabeltið Interlingua: taiga Italian: taiga (it) f Japanese: タイガ (ja) (taiga) Kalmyk: тәәһ (tääğ) Kazakh: тайга (taiga) Korean: 타이가 (ko) (taiga) Lithuanian: taiga f Macedonian: тајга f (tajga) Malay: taiga Nanai: дуэнтэ Norwegian: taiga, boreal barskog Norwegian Nynorsk: taiga Occitan: taiga Persian: تایگا‎ (tâygâ) Polish: tajga (pl) f Portuguese: taiga (pt) Romanian: taiga (ro) Russian: тайга́ (ru) f (tajgá) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тајга f Roman: tajga (sh) f Slovak: tajga f Spanish: taiga (es) f Swedish: taiga (sv), tajga (sv) c Turkish: tayga (tr) Ukrainian: тайга́ f (tajhá) Vietnamese: taiga (vi) Yakut: тайҕа (tayğa), халыҥ тыа (xalıŋ tıa), тыа (tıa)

References

1. "taiga." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.
2. Cyganenko, G. B. (1989), “тайга”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kiev: Radjansʹka škola, page 418
3. Taiga in Bokmålsordboka

Anagrams

• agait, agati, agita

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from Turkic or Yakut тайга (tayga), which roughly could be translated as "slippery place". Most likely, the meaning come from a verb Yakut тай (tay) - to slip.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯.ɡaː/

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• Hyphenation: tai‧ga

Noun

taiga f (plural taiga's)

1. taiga (subarctic evergreen coniferous forest) [from 19th c.]

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Estonian

Noun

taiga

1. partitive singular of taig
2. illative singular of taig

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Finnish

Etymology

From Russian тайга́ (tajgá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯ɡɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑi̯ɡɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑiɡɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tai‧ga

Noun

taiga

1. taiga

Declension

Inflection of taiga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		taiga	taigat
genitive		taigan	taigojen
partitive		taigaa	taigoja
illative		taigaan	taigoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		taiga	taigat
accusative	nom.	taiga	taigat
	gen.	taigan
genitive		taigan	taigojen taigainrare
partitive		taigaa	taigoja
inessive		taigassa	taigoissa
elative		taigasta	taigoista
illative		taigaan	taigoihin
adessive		taigalla	taigoilla
ablative		taigalta	taigoilta
allative		taigalle	taigoille
essive		taigana	taigoina
translative		taigaksi	taigoiksi
instructive		—	taigoin
abessive		taigatta	taigoitta
comitative		—	taigoineen

Possessive forms of taiga (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	taigani	taigamme
2nd person	taigasi	taiganne
3rd person	taigansa

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Italian

Etymology

From Russian тайга́ (tajgá).

Noun

taiga f (plural taighe)

1. taiga

Anagrams

• Agati, agita

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Japanese

Romanization

taiga

1. Rōmaji transcription of たいが
2. Rōmaji transcription of タイガ

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Latvian

Noun

taiga f (4th declension)

1. taiga
2. boreal forest

Declension

Declension of taiga (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	taiga	taigas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	taigu	taigas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	taigas	taigu
dative (datīvs)	taigai	taigām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	taigu	taigām
locative (lokatīvs)	taigā	taigās
vocative (vokatīvs)	taiga	taigas

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaj.ɡɐ/ [ˈtaɪ̯.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaj.ɡɐ/ [ˈtaɪ̯.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaj.ɡa/ [ˈtaɪ̯.ɡa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtaj.ɡɐ/ [ˈtaj.ɣɐ]

Noun

taiga f (plural taigas)

1. taiga (subarctic zone of coniferous forest)

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Romanian

Etymology

From Russian тайга (tajga).

Noun

taiga f (plural taigale)

1. taiga

Declension

Declension of taiga

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) taiga	taigaua	(niște) taigale	taigalele
genitive/dative	(unei) taigale	taigalei	(unor) taigale	taigalelor
vocative	—		—