talviuni

talvi (“winter”) +‎ uni (“sleep”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑlʋiˌuni/,
• Rhymes: -uni
• Hyphenation^(key): talvi‧uni

talviuni

1. (biology) hibernation, winter sleep, denning (state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter)

   nukkua talviunta ― to hibernate

• Talviuni and talvihorros are treated as synonyms by many speakers. In more specific usage talvihorros refers to a deep slumber in which the body temperature of the hibernating animal drops close to 0°C (e.g. with hedgehogs and bats) in order to minimize the consumption of energy. In the case of talviuni the temperature falls less, e.g. with the brown bear to 33°C from the normal 37°C.

• talvihorros
• talvilepo

• “talviuni”, 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

From talvi (“winter”) +‎ uni (“sleep”).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑlʋiˌuni/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑlʋiˌuni/,
• Rhymes: -uni
• Hyphenation: tal‧vi‧u‧ni

talviuni

1. denning, hibernation
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 39:

     A syksyst höö nukkuut talviunnee.

     And in the autumn they slumber into a winter sleep.