koskikara
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]koski (“rapids”) + kara (“Cinclus”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]koskikara
- A dipper (any of the birds in the genus Cinclus).
- A white-throated dipper, European dipper (Cinclus cinclus).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of koskikara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | koskikara | koskikarat | ||
genitive | koskikaran | koskikarojen | ||
partitive | koskikaraa | koskikaroja | ||
illative | koskikaraan | koskikaroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | koskikara | koskikarat | ||
accusative | nom. | koskikara | koskikarat | |
gen. | koskikaran | |||
genitive | koskikaran | koskikarojen koskikarain rare | ||
partitive | koskikaraa | koskikaroja | ||
inessive | koskikarassa | koskikaroissa | ||
elative | koskikarasta | koskikaroista | ||
illative | koskikaraan | koskikaroihin | ||
adessive | koskikaralla | koskikaroilla | ||
ablative | koskikaralta | koskikaroilta | ||
allative | koskikaralle | koskikaroille | ||
essive | koskikarana | koskikaroina | ||
translative | koskikaraksi | koskikaroiksi | ||
abessive | koskikaratta | koskikaroitta | ||
instructive | — | koskikaroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]- aasiankoskikara (“Cinclus pallasii”)
- amerikankoskikara (“Cinclus mexicanus”)
- andienkoskikara (“Cinclus leucocephalus”)
- argentiinankoskikara (“Cinclus schulzii”)
Further reading
[edit]- “koskikara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02