mäkärä

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See also: makara, Makara, and makāra

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mäkärä (probably from earlier *makara), probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Lithuanian makatas (gnat)). Cognate with dialectal Estonian mägar, Karelian mäkärä, Ludian mägär and Proto-Samic *muokēr.

Pronunciation

Noun

mäkärä

  1. blackfly, buffalo gnat (any insect of the family Simuliidae)
    Synonym: mäkäräinen
    Hypernyms: sääski (gnat), hyönteinen (insect), ötökkä (bug)

Declension

Possessive forms of mäkärä (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation)

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