apina
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish apina, apinia. Compare Swedish apinja, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., from Old Norse apynja (“female monkey”). Compare Old Norse api.
Pronunciation
Noun
apina
- (zoology) simian (ape, monkey or human; animal belonging to the infraorder Simiiformes within the order Primates)
- monkey (any nonhuman simian primate)
- Simpanssien tiedetään muodostavan laumoja ja metsästävän muita apinoita.
- Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.
- (informal, derogatory) ape (uncivilized person)
Usage notes
- In zoology apina means any simian, including humans. In everyday language apina is understood to refer to any simian but NOT humans. In English "monkey" can be used similarly, but "ape" normally refers only to the most human-like simians of the clade Hominoidea, which the Finnish may call ihmisapina but usually don't, using mere apina instead.
Declension
Inflection of apina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | apina | apinat | |
genitive | apinan | apinoiden apinoitten | |
partitive | apinaa | apinoita | |
illative | apinaan | apinoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | apina | apinat | |
accusative | nom. | apina | apinat |
gen. | apinan | ||
genitive | apinan | apinoiden apinoitten apinain rare | |
partitive | apinaa | apinoita | |
inessive | apinassa | apinoissa | |
elative | apinasta | apinoista | |
illative | apinaan | apinoihin | |
adessive | apinalla | apinoilla | |
ablative | apinalta | apinoilta | |
allative | apinalle | apinoille | |
essive | apinana | apinoina | |
translative | apinaksi | apinoiksi | |
abessive | apinatta | apinoitta | |
instructive | — | apinoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hyponyms
- ihmisapina (“ape”)
Derived terms
Compounds
Anagrams
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Old Swedish
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- Finnish terms derived from Old Norse
- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑpinɑ
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- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
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