keltanokka
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From kelta (“yellow”) + nokka (“nose, beak”); an allusion to newborn chicks. Compare French béjaune.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
keltanokka (informal)
- greenhorn, rookie
- Synonym: märkäkorva
Declension[edit]
Inflection of keltanokka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | keltanokka | keltanokat | ||
genitive | keltanokan | keltanokkien | ||
partitive | keltanokkaa | keltanokkia | ||
illative | keltanokkaan | keltanokkiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | keltanokka | keltanokat | ||
accusative | nom. | keltanokka | keltanokat | |
gen. | keltanokan | |||
genitive | keltanokan | keltanokkien keltanokkainrare | ||
partitive | keltanokkaa | keltanokkia | ||
inessive | keltanokassa | keltanokissa | ||
elative | keltanokasta | keltanokista | ||
illative | keltanokkaan | keltanokkiin | ||
adessive | keltanokalla | keltanokilla | ||
ablative | keltanokalta | keltanokilta | ||
allative | keltanokalle | keltanokille | ||
essive | keltanokkana | keltanokkina | ||
translative | keltanokaksi | keltanokiksi | ||
abessive | keltanokatta | keltanokitta | ||
instructive | — | keltanokin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also[edit]
- aloittelija (“beginner”)
Further reading[edit]
- “keltanokka”, 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