hevonen

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • horse, Equus caballus
  • (gymnastics) horse
  • (chess) knight
  • (colloquial) horsepower short for hevosvoima
  • As a modifier in a compound term (appears as the stem hevos-), signifies horse or equine.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *hepoinen suffix from Finnish hepo (of horse, horse, horse's).

Origin

Finnish

hepo

Gloss

of horse, horse, horse's

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

馬

Emoji
🎠 🏇 🐴 🦓

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