jõehobu

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Estonian

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jõehobu

Etymology

From jõgi (“river”) +‎ hobu (“horse”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

jõehobu (genitive jõehobu, partitive jõehobu)

  1. hippopotamus

Declension

Declension of jõehobu (type elu)
singular plural
nominative jõehobu jõehobud
genitive jõehobu jõehobude
partitive jõehobu jõehobusid
illative jõehobusse jõehobudesse
inessive jõehobus jõehobudes
elative jõehobust jõehobudest
allative jõehobule jõehobudele
adessive jõehobul jõehobudel
ablative jõehobult jõehobudelt
translative jõehobuks jõehobudeks
terminative jõehobuni jõehobudeni
essive jõehobuna jõehobudena
abessive jõehobuta jõehobudeta
comitative jõehobuga jõehobudega

Further reading

  • “jõehobu”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “jõehobu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • jõehobu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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