taiga
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English
Etymology
From Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from South Siberian Turkic (Altai region, for example the Altay or Shor language, cf Khakas: тағ (tağ)), or alternatively Yakut тайга (tayga, “untraversable forest”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪɡə/, /taɪˈɡɑː/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪɡə
- Homophone: tiger (nonrhotic with initial stress)
Noun
taiga (plural taigas)
- A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Synonyms: boreal forest, snow forest
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 197:
- The mountains run from the Arctic Island of Novaya Zemlya southwards, dividing the endless wastes of the Siberian taiga and the steppes from the Russian platform in the west.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 871:
- Like the taiga, he was everywhere, and mysterious—a heroic being with unearthly gifts.
- 2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 April 2016, page 98:
- Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.
Derived terms
Translations
subarctic zone of coniferous forest
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References
- ^ "taiga." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.
- ^ The template Template:R:ru:Tsyganenko does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “тайга”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN - ^ Taiga in Bokmålsordboka
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from Turkic or Yakut тайга (tayga), which roughly could be translated as "slippery place". Most likely, the meaning come from a verb Yakut тай (tay) - to slip. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
taiga f (plural taiga's)
- taiga (subarctic evergreen coniferous forest)
Estonian
Noun
taiga
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
taiga
Declension
| Inflection of taiga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | taiga | taigat | ||
| genitive | taigan | taigojen | ||
| partitive | taigaa | taigoja | ||
| illative | taigaan | taigoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | taiga | taigat | ||
| accusative | nom. | taiga | taigat | |
| gen. | taigan | |||
| genitive | taigan | taigojen taigainrare | ||
| partitive | taigaa | taigoja | ||
| inessive | taigassa | taigoissa | ||
| elative | taigasta | taigoista | ||
| illative | taigaan | taigoihin | ||
| adessive | taigalla | taigoilla | ||
| ablative | taigalta | taigoilta | ||
| allative | taigalle | taigoille | ||
| essive | taigana | taigoina | ||
| translative | taigaksi | taigoiksi | ||
| abessive | taigatta | taigoitta | ||
| instructive | — | taigoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Further reading
- “taiga”, 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 2023-07-03
Italian
Etymology
Noun
taiga f (plural taighe)
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
taiga
Latvian
Noun
taiga f (4th declension)
Declension
Declension of taiga (4th declension)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
taiga f (plural taigas)
- taiga (subarctic zone of coniferous forest)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian тайга (tajga).
Noun
taiga f (plural taigale)