Estonian

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Etymology

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From earlier *hõbu, from Proto-Finnic *hëpo. Cognate to Finnish hepo.

Noun

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hobu (genitive hobu, partitive hobu)

  1. (poetic, otherwise only in compounds) horse, equine

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Further reading

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  • hobu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • hobu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • hobu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)