napalakki
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]napa (“navel; pole”) + lakki (“cap, pileus”). In the sense "Omphalina", thus called because the center of the cap of these mushrooms resembles a navel. In the sense "polar cap", calque of English polar cap.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]napalakki
- Any agaric mushroom of the genus Omphalina.
- (astronomy) polar cap (high-latitude region of a celestial body that is covered by ice)
- Synonym: napajäätikkö
Usage notes
[edit]- (polar cap): The preferred Finnish term for Earth's polar cap is napajäätikkö. The use of napalakki is chiefly limited to other celestial bodies.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of napalakki (Kotus type 5*A/risti, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | napalakki | napalakit | ||
genitive | napalakin | napalakkien | ||
partitive | napalakkia | napalakkeja | ||
illative | napalakkiin | napalakkeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | napalakki | napalakit | ||
accusative | nom. | napalakki | napalakit | |
gen. | napalakin | |||
genitive | napalakin | napalakkien | ||
partitive | napalakkia | napalakkeja | ||
inessive | napalakissa | napalakeissa | ||
elative | napalakista | napalakeista | ||
illative | napalakkiin | napalakkeihin | ||
adessive | napalakilla | napalakeilla | ||
ablative | napalakilta | napalakeilta | ||
allative | napalakille | napalakeille | ||
essive | napalakkina | napalakkeina | ||
translative | napalakiksi | napalakeiksi | ||
abessive | napalakitta | napalakeitta | ||
instructive | — | napalakein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]- compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “napalakki”, 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 2023-07-03