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Lutra

Lutra

See also: lutra and lutră

Translingual

Lutra lutra

Proper noun

Lutra f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae Old World river otters.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

lutra

lutra

See also: Lutra and lutră

Esperanto

Adjective

lutra (accusative singular lutran, plural lutraj, accusative plural lutrajn)

  1. lutrine

Related terms

Hypernyms


Latin

lūtra (an otter)

Alternative forms

  • (Classical): lūtra, lȳtra
  • (Mediaeval): lūter, lūtrea, lūtreus, lūtrius, lūtrum, lūtrus

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós, from the root *wed-. The source of the initial l- is unclear. It may have arisen by connection with lavō (wash), lupus (wolf) (interpreting otters as "water wolves") or lūdō (play) (referring to the playfulness of otters).

Cognate with Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra), Sanskrit उद्र (udra), Lithuanian ūdra, English otter, Russian выдра (vydra).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.tra/, [ˈɫʊ.tra]

Noun

lutra f (genitive lutrae); first declension

  1. an otter

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lutra lutrae
genitive lutrae lutrārum
dative lutrae lutrīs
accusative lutram lutrās
ablative lutrā lutrīs
vocative lutra lutrae

Derived terms

  • lutrārius (Mediaeval Latin)
  • lutrīnus (Mediaeval Latin)

Descendants

References


Romansch

Alternative forms

  • ludra (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin lutra.

Noun

lutra f (plural lutras)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) otter