marjatuomipihlaja
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
marja (“berry”) + tuomipihlaja (“plant of the genus Amelanchier”)
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑrjɑˌtuo̯miˌpihlɑjɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rjɑ̝ˌt̪uo̞̯miˌpiçlɑ̝jɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ihlɑjɑ
- Syllabification(key): mar‧ja‧tuo‧mi‧pih‧la‧ja
Noun edit
marjatuomipihlaja
- saskatoon, serviceberry, Saskatoon berry, Pacific serviceberry, western serviceberry, western shadbush, western juneberry, Amelanchier alnifolia (shrub with an edible berry-like fruit, native to North America)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- saskatoon (especially the commercial cultivars)
- mustikkapuu
See also edit
- saskatoon (berry of this shrub)
Further reading edit
- “marjatuomipihlaja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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