varpushaukka
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrpusˌhɑu̯kːɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝rpus̠ˌhɑ̝u̯kːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑukːɑ
- Syllabification(key): var‧pus‧hauk‧ka
Noun[edit]
varpushaukka
- a European sparrowhawk, sparrow hawk, sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
- a number of hawk species in the genus Accipiter
Usage notes[edit]
The terms varpushaukka and sparrowhawk are only partly overlapping. Several of the species called sparrowhawk in English are called lintuhaukka in Finnish.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of varpushaukka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | varpushaukka | varpushaukat | ||
genitive | varpushaukan | varpushaukkojen | ||
partitive | varpushaukkaa | varpushaukkoja | ||
illative | varpushaukkaan | varpushaukkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | varpushaukka | varpushaukat | ||
accusative | nom. | varpushaukka | varpushaukat | |
gen. | varpushaukan | |||
genitive | varpushaukan | varpushaukkojen varpushaukkainrare | ||
partitive | varpushaukkaa | varpushaukkoja | ||
inessive | varpushaukassa | varpushaukoissa | ||
elative | varpushaukasta | varpushaukoista | ||
illative | varpushaukkaan | varpushaukkoihin | ||
adessive | varpushaukalla | varpushaukoilla | ||
ablative | varpushaukalta | varpushaukoilta | ||
allative | varpushaukalle | varpushaukoille | ||
essive | varpushaukkana | varpushaukkoina | ||
translative | varpushaukaksi | varpushaukoiksi | ||
abessive | varpushaukatta | varpushaukoitta | ||
instructive | — | varpushaukoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “varpushaukka”, 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 2023-07-04