honkapuu
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
honkapuu
- (rare) pinewood (wood of the pine)
- (biblical) gopher wood
- Tee itsellesi arkki honkapuista, ...
- Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood, ... (Genesis 6:14)
- Tee itsellesi arkki honkapuista, ...
Declension[edit]
Inflection of honkapuu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | honkapuu | honkapuut | ||
genitive | honkapuun | honkapuiden honkapuitten | ||
partitive | honkapuuta | honkapuita | ||
illative | honkapuuhun | honkapuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | honkapuu | honkapuut | ||
accusative | nom. | honkapuu | honkapuut | |
gen. | honkapuun | |||
genitive | honkapuun | honkapuiden honkapuitten | ||
partitive | honkapuuta | honkapuita | ||
inessive | honkapuussa | honkapuissa | ||
elative | honkapuusta | honkapuista | ||
illative | honkapuuhun | honkapuihin | ||
adessive | honkapuulla | honkapuilla | ||
ablative | honkapuulta | honkapuilta | ||
allative | honkapuulle | honkapuille | ||
essive | honkapuuna | honkapuina | ||
translative | honkapuuksi | honkapuiksi | ||
abessive | honkapuutta | honkapuitta | ||
instructive | — | honkapuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
- (pinewood): honka, mänty
- (gopher wood): sypressipuu (current version of the Bible)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “honkapuu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02