huuhkaja

Of onomatopoeic origin; compare Karelian huuhkaja and Estonian huuk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːhkɑjɑ/, [ˈhuːxkɑ̝jɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uːhkɑjɑ
• Syllabification^(key): huuh‧ka‧ja

huuhkaja

1. eagle owl (Old World owl of the genus Bubo)
2. horned owl (New World owl of the genus Bubo)
3. Eurasian eagle-owl, eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
4. (in the plural, usually capitalized) A nickname of the Finnish national soccer team - see Huuhkajat.

• (Bubo bubo): huuhkain

• aavikkohuuhkaja (“Bubo ascalaphus, desert eagle owl”)
• afrikanhuuhkaja (“Bubo capensis, Cape eagle owl”)
• amerikanhuuhkaja (“Bubo virginianus, great horned owl”)
• filippiinienhuuhkaja (“Bubo philippensis, Philippine eagle owl”)
• harmaahuuhkaja (“Bubo coromandus, dusky eagle owl”)
• hyönteishuuhkaja (“Bubo leucostictus, Akun eagle owl”)
• intianhuuhkaja (“Bubo nipalensis, spot-bellied eagle owl”)
• kalahuuhkaja (“Ketupa zeylonensis (syn. Bubo zeylonensis), brown fish owl; fish owl (as group)”)
• pikkuraitahuuhkaja (“Bubo poensis, Fraser’s eagle owl”)
• raitahuuhkaja (“Bubo shelleyi, Shelley’s eagle owl”)
• savannihuuhkaja (“Bubo lacteus, Verreaux’s eagle owl”)
• sundanhuuhkaja (“Bubo sumatranus, barred eagle owl”)
• sundankalahuuhkaja (“Ketupa ketupu (syn. Bubo ketupu), buffy fish owl”)
• tuhkahuuhkaja (“Bubo cinerascens, greyish eagle owl”)
• täplähuuhkaja (“Bubo africanus, spotted eagle owl”)
• usambaranhuuhkaja (“Bubo vosseleri, Usambara eagle owl”)
• vuorikalahuuhkaja (“Ketupa flavipes (syn. Bubo flavipes), tawny fish owl”)
• äyriäishuuhkaja (“Bubo blakistoni (syn. Ketupa blakistoni), Blakiston’s fish owl”)

• “huuhkaja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02