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vytah
1327
malac - piglet
tenger - sea
tengeri - sea (adj)
tengerimalac - lit. "sea piglet", analogous to German Meerschweinchen or Polish świnka morska
July 27, 2016
Piglets from overseas, indeed.
And an archaic name for "corn", also from America, is "tengeri".
July 27, 2016
Judit294350
- 223
Don't know about "archaic" my family uses "tengeri" by default - and grows the stuff.
February 20, 2018
"Tengeri" is an English word? I've never heard it. (I grew up in urban areas.) Do you know the etymology, by any chance? Probably not related to "tenger," since corn doesn't grow in the sea. :)
February 21, 2018
Thanks for that explanation, I was puzzling over that word. Sea-something, but I didn't know "malac."
August 9, 2016
Oh, so the Finnish word 'marsu' must come from those (through Swedish marsvin).
June 25, 2017
