hirvi

hirvi

1. partitive plural of hirv

From Proto-Finnic *hirvi, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *sirˀwis (cf. Old Prussian sirwis (“deer”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *śírˀnāˀ (“roe deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top, horn”)).^[1] Related to Estonian hirv, Veps hirb'. Doublet of sarvi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhirʋi/,
• Rhymes: -irʋi
• Syllabification^(key): hir‧vi

hirvi

1. elk, moose (Alces alces)
2. any large deer, such as an elk, moose or wapiti
3. Synonym of hirvenliha: meat of these animals
4. Synonym of hirvieläin (“deer, Cervidae”)

• (meat): hirvenliha

• hirveä
• hirvittää

• “hirvi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• virhi

• hervi

From Proto-Finnic *hirvi. Cognates include Finnish hirvi and Estonian hirv.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhirʋi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhirʋi/,
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈhirʋi/,
• Rhymes: -irʋʲ, -irʋi
• Hyphenation: hir‧vi

hirvi

1. moose (Alces alces)
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 105:

     Hirvi ellää suuris metsiis.

     The moose lives in a big forest.

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “гирви”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 62
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 35

From Proto-Finnic *hirvi. Cognates include Finnish hirvi and Veps hirvoi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhirʋi/
• Hyphenation: hir‧vi

hirvi (genitive hirven, partitive hirvie)

1. moose

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “hirvi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “hirvi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN