kauris

kauris

1. plural of kauri

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯ris/, [ˈkɑ̝u̯ris̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑuris
• Syllabification^(key): kau‧ris

kauris

1. deer (any relatively small deer of unspecified species, especially roe deer) (not as a zoological term)
2. (zoology) New World deer, capreoline, telemetacarpal deer (any member of the subfamily Capreolinae of Cervidae)
3. Capricorn (someone with Capricorn star sign)
4. (dated) ibex (type of wild mountain goat in the genus Capra)

   Synonym: vuohi

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

   Synonym: pukki

• (roe deer): metsäkauris

• “kauris”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• kurasi, kursia, riuska, ruksia, uraksi