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Finnish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Originally the term was not as precise and was used of different species.[1] May also be related to kurmitsa, which could be from the same root.
Pronunciation
Noun
kurppa
- snipe (any bird of the genus Gallinago, belonging to the family Scolopacidae)
- snipe, woodcock (birds in the related genera Scolopax, Coenocorypha and Lymnocryptes, belonging to the family Scolopacidae)
- (taxonomy, in the plural) Scolopacidae (the family of sandpipers and snipes)
- (taxonomy, in the plural) Gallinago (genus of snipes within the family Scolopacidae)
Usage notes
Declension
Hyponyms
birds of the genus Gallinago:
- afrikankurppa, Gallinago nigripennis (African snipe)
- amerikantaivaanvuohi, Gallinago delicata (Wilson’s snipe)
- andienkurppa, Gallinago jamesoni (Jameson’s snipe)
- eteläamerikankurppa, Gallinago paraguaiae (South American snipe)
- heinäkurppa, Gallinago media (great snipe)
- himalajankurppa, Gallinago nemoricola (wood snipe)
- inkakurppa, Gallinago imperialis (imperial snipe)
- isokurppa, Gallinago undulata (giant snipe)
- japaninkurppa, Gallinago hardwickii (Latham’s snipe)
- keltajalkakurppa, Gallinago andina (Puna snipe)
- madagaskarinkurppa, Gallinago macrodactyla (Madagascan snipe)
- rusokurppa, Gallinago magellanica (Magellan snipe)
- siperiankurppa, Gallinago megala (Swinhoe’s snipe)
- suippopyrstökurppa, Gallinago stenura (pintail snipe)
- taivaanvuohi Gallinago gallinago (common snipe)
- tulimaankurppa, Gallinago stricklandi (Cordilleran snipe)
- vuorikurppa, Gallinago solitaria (solitary snipe)
- ylänkökurppa, Gallinago nobilis (noble snipe)
Derived terms
See also
birds in other genera:
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013) Suomalaisen linnunnimistön etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Finnish Bird Names] (Turun yliopiston suomen kielen ja suomalais-ugrilaisen kielentutkimuksen oppiaineen julkaisuja 4) (in Finnish), Turku: University of Turku, →ISBN
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