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kauris.

deer (any relatively small deer of unspecified species, especially roe deer) (not as a zoological term)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑu̯ris/[ˈkɑ̝u̯ris̠]
  1. deer (any relatively small deer of unspecified species, especially roe deer) (not as a zoological term)

  2. New World deer, capreoline, telemetacarpal deer (any member of the subfamily Capreolinae of Cervidae)

  3. Capricorn (someone with Capricorn star sign)

  4. ibex (type of wild mountain goat in the genus Capra)

    dated
  5. billy goat, he-goat (male goat)

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kapris, borrowing from Proto-Germanic *habraz, *hafraz (“he-goat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kápros. Cognates include Estonian kaber, Karelian kabris.

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