jõehobu

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Estonian[edit]

 jõehobu on Estonian Wikipedia
jõehobu

Etymology[edit]

From jõgi (river) +‎ hobu (horse).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

jõehobu (genitive jõehobu, partitive jõehobu)

  1. hippopotamus

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • jõehobu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • jõehobu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • jõehobu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)