taigaa

Ingrian

Taigaa.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тайга (tajga).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯ɡɑː/, [ˈtɑi̯ɡɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯ɡɑː/, [ˈtɑi̯kɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯ɡɑː
• Hyphenation: tai‧gaa
• Homophone: taikaa

Noun

taigaa

1. (geography) taiga
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 34:

     Löytäkää kartalt metsätundra, taigaa i sekametsät.

     Find from the map the forest tundra, the taiga and the mixed forests.

Declension

Declension of taigaa (type 13/harmaa, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	taigaa	taigaat
genitive	taigaan	taigain
partitive	taigaata	taigaita
illative	taigaasse	taigaisse
inessive	taigaas	taigais
elative	taigaast	taigaist
allative	taigaalle	taigaille
adessive	taigaal	taigail
ablative	taigaalt	taigailt
translative	taigaaks	taigaiks
essive	taigaanna, taigaan	taigainna, taigain
exessive1)	taigaant	taigaint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.