taiga
English
Etymology
From Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from South Siberian Turkic (Altai region, for example the Altay or Shor language, cf Khakas: тағ (tağ)),[1] or alternatively Yakut тайга (tayga, “untraversable forest”).[2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
taiga (plural taigas)
- A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Synonyms: boreal forest, snow forest
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 197:
- The mountains run from the Arctic Island of Novaya Zemlya southwards, dividing the endless wastes of the Siberian taiga and the steppes from the Russian platform in the west.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 871:
- Like the taiga, he was everywhere, and mysterious—a heroic being with unearthly gifts.
- 2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 April 2016, page 98:
- Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.
Derived terms
Translations
subarctic zone of coniferous forest
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References
- "taiga." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.
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Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from Turkic or Yakut тайга (tayga), which roughly could be translated as "slippery place". Most likely, the meaning come from a verb Yakut тай (tay) - to slip. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯.ɡaː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: tai‧ga
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯ɡɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝i̯ɡɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑiɡɑ
- Syllabification(key): tai‧ga
Declension
| Inflection of taiga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | taiga | taigat | ||
| genitive | taigan | taigojen | ||
| partitive | taigaa | taigoja | ||
| illative | taigaan | taigoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | taiga | taigat | ||
| accusative | nom. | taiga | taigat | |
| gen. | taigan | |||
| genitive | taigan | taigojen taigainrare | ||
| partitive | taigaa | taigoja | ||
| inessive | taigassa | taigoissa | ||
| elative | taigasta | taigoista | ||
| illative | taigaan | taigoihin | ||
| adessive | taigalla | taigoilla | ||
| ablative | taigalta | taigoilta | ||
| allative | taigalle | taigoille | ||
| essive | taigana | taigoina | ||
| translative | taigaksi | taigoiksi | ||
| abessive | taigatta | taigoitta | ||
| instructive | — | taigoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “taiga”, 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 2023-07-03
Italian
Latvian
Declension
Declension of taiga (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | taiga | taigas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | taigu | taigas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | taigas | taigu |
| dative (datīvs) | taigai | taigām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | taigu | taigām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | taigā | taigās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | taiga | taigas |
Portuguese
Romanian
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