karbas

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed into the literary language from Northeastern Estonian, ultimately borrowed from dialectal Finnish karppa, in the compound kala-karppa (Podiceps, grebe).

Noun

karbas (genitive karba, partitive karbast)

  1. (uncommon) great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

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