aluskarva

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • undercoat, underfur, underhair layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur
  • An individual hair of undercoat.

Etymology

Compound from Finnish alus (vessel, underlay, under-, under, ship, base, anything put under something) + Finnish karva (hair, hairy, fur).

Origin

Finnish

karva

Gloss

hair, hairy, fur

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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