kammeljas

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Finnish kampela (flounder), Ingrian kampala, Karelian kampala and Livonian kǭma. Russian ка́мбала (kámbala, flounder) is borrowed from Finnic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑmːeljɑs/

Noun

kammeljas (genitive kammelja, partitive kammeljat)

  1. turbot (any of various flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae)
    Synonym: kivikammeljas

Declension

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