tuatara
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tuatara (plural tuataras or tuatara)
- A reptile, Sphenodon punctatus, native to New Zealand, that resembles lizards and is the only surviving rhynchocephalian.
Translations
[edit]reptile
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Maori tuatara, probably via English.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tuatara
- tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)
- Synonym of alkulisko (“rhynchocephalian”).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of tuatara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tuatara | tuatarat | ||
genitive | tuataran | tuatarojen | ||
partitive | tuataraa | tuataroja | ||
illative | tuataraan | tuataroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tuatara | tuatarat | ||
accusative | nom. | tuatara | tuatarat | |
gen. | tuataran | |||
genitive | tuataran | tuatarojen tuatarain rare | ||
partitive | tuataraa | tuataroja | ||
inessive | tuatarassa | tuataroissa | ||
elative | tuatarasta | tuataroista | ||
illative | tuataraan | tuataroihin | ||
adessive | tuataralla | tuataroilla | ||
ablative | tuataralta | tuataroilta | ||
allative | tuataralle | tuataroille | ||
essive | tuatarana | tuataroina | ||
translative | tuataraksi | tuataroiksi | ||
abessive | tuataratta | tuataroitta | ||
instructive | — | tuataroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Said to be from tua (“on the back”) + tara (“spike”).
Noun
[edit]tuatara
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tuatara f
Declension
[edit]Declension of tuatara
Further reading
[edit]- tuatara in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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- en:Reptiles
- Finnish terms derived from Maori
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrɑ/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Reptiles
- Maori compound terms
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- mi:Reptiles
- Polish terms borrowed from Maori
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- Rhymes:Polish/ara
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