taiga
English edit
Etymology edit
From Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from South Siberian Turkic (Altai region, for example the Altay or Shor language, cf Khakas: тағ (tağ)),[1] or alternatively Yakut тайга (tayga, “untraversable forest”).[2][3]
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪɡə/, /taɪˈɡɑː/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪɡə
- Homophone: tiger (nonrhotic with initial stress)
Noun edit
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[1], 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 edit
Translations edit
subarctic zone of coniferous forest
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References edit
- ^ "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
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Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
taiga f (plural taiga's)
- taiga (subarctic evergreen coniferous forest) [from 19th c.]
Estonian edit
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taiga
Finnish edit
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taiga
Declension edit
Inflection of taiga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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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 edit
- “taiga”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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 edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
taiga f (plural taighe)
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taiga
Latvian edit
Noun edit
taiga f (4th declension)
Declension edit
Declension of taiga (4th declension)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taiga f (plural taigas)
- taiga (subarctic zone of coniferous forest)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian тайга (tajga).
Noun edit
taiga f (plural taigale)