karhunvatukka
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Finnish
Etymology
karhun (“bear's”) + vatukka (“raspberry”)
Pronunciation
Noun
karhunvatukka
- any of the Eurasian and North American Rubus (genus of raspberry) species that bear black brambles; blackberry, black raspberry etc. (the two species native to Finland are more specifically known as lehtovatukka (“Rubus pruinosus”) and sinivatukka (“Rubus caesius, European dewberry”))
- the fruit of such plant
Declension
Further reading
- “karhunvatukka”, 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