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kaura.

oat, oats (plant or grain)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑu̯rɑ/[ˈkɑ̝u̯rɑ̝]

  1. oat, oats (plant or grain)

    Kaura on suomalaisille tuttu niin puuron kuin leivän muodossa, mutta sitä kasvatetaan paljon myös rehuksi.

  2. oat, oats (plant or grain) oat (Avena sativa)

  3. oat, oats (plant or grain) oat (any plant in the genus Avena)

  4. oat, oats (plant or grain) oat, oats (grain obtained from Avena sativa or a related plant in the genus Avena)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kakra (compare Estonian kaer, North Karelian kakra, Livonian ka’ggõrz), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hagrō (compare Old Swedish haghre, dialectal Swedish hagre, Old Gutnish hagri).

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