/ˈkærsæ/, [ˈk̟ærs̠æ]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *kärsä, possibly an Indo-Iranian loan. Alternatively, possibly from Sami, compare Northern Sami gearsi (“pig's snout”) (from Proto-Samic *kearsē, cognate with kehrä). Related to kirsu.
- snout
“Siat tonkivat maata kärsällään.” — Pigs root ground with their snouts.
- trunk, proboscis
“Norsulla on pitkä kärsä.” — The elephant has a long trunk.
- proboscis
- colloquialtip of the foot
- colloquialsynonym of kärkipotku
Muodotkärsä(nominative, singular) · kärsät(nominative, plural) · kärsä(accusative, nominative, singular) · kärsät(accusative, nominative, plural) · kärsän(accusative, genitive, singular) · kärsät(accusative, genitive, plural) · kärsän(genitive, singular) · kärsien(genitive, plural) · kärsäin(genitive, plural, rare) · kärsää(partitive, singular) · kärsiä(partitive, plural) · kärsässä(inessive, singular) · kärsissä(inessive, plural) · kärsästä(elative, singular) · kärsistä(elative, plural) · kärsään(illative, singular) · kärsiin(illative, plural) · kärsällä(adessive, singular) · kärsillä(adessive, plural) · kärsältä(ablative, singular)