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emajõgi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ema-jo-gi
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km. It has a length of 101 km.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Finnic *emä Estonian ema Proto-Finnic *joki Estonian jõgi Estonian Emajõgibor. English Emajõgi From Estonian Emajõgi < ema (“mother”) + jõgi (“river”).

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does emajõgi mean?
A river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km. It has a length of 101 km.
Where does emajõgi come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Finnic *emä Estonian ema Proto-Finnic *joki Estonian jõgi Estonian Emajõgibor. English Emajõgi From Estonian Emajõgi < ema (“mother”) + jõgi (“river”).

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