Estonian

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Etymology

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From vasikas (calf) +‎ liha (meat).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑsikɑˌlihɑ/, [ˈvɑsʲikˑɑˌlʲiɦɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ihɑ
  • Hyphenation: va‧si‧ka‧li‧ha

Noun

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vasikaliha (genitive vasikaliha, partitive vasikaliha)

  1. veal (the meat of slaughtered young domestic cattle as food)

Declension

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Declension of vasikaliha (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vasikaliha
accusative nom.
gen. vasikaliha
genitive
partitive vasikaliha
illative vasikalihha
vasikalihasse
inessive vasikalihas
elative vasikalihast
allative vasikalihale
adessive vasikalihal
ablative vasikalihalt
translative vasikalihaks
terminative vasikalihani
essive vasikalihana
abessive vasikalihata
comitative vasikalihaga

References

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  • vasikaliha in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • vasikaliha”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009