koirankieli

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • hound's tongue, dog's tongue, , herbaceous plant found in most parts of Europe and also in North America where it was accidentally introduced
  • (in plural) genus of plants in the family Boraginaceae

Etymology

Compound from Finnish koiran (dog's, of a dog) + Finnish kieli (language, tongue, string, with languages, of language, of the tongue, of a tongue).

Origin

Finnish

kieli

Gloss

language, tongue, string, with languages, of language, of the tongue, of a tongue

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

語

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