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siiseli

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish sisel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːseli/, [ˈs̠iːs̠e̞li]
  • Rhymes: -iːseli
  • Syllabification(key): sii‧se‧li
  • Hyphenation(key): sii‧se‧li

Noun

siiseli

  1. (dated) synonym of euroopansuslikki (European ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus)
  2. ground squirrel (New World rodent of the genus Spermophilus)

Usage notes

  • The Old World ground squirrels are now called suslikki in Finnish. Formerly also they were known as siiseli.

Declension

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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

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