kateenkorva
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kateen + korva (“ear”). The initial component is unclear; it might or might not be kade (“envious”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kateenkorva
- (anatomy) thymus
- (cooking) sweetbread (thymus as food)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kateenkorva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kateenkorva | kateenkorvat | |
genitive | kateenkorvan | kateenkorvien | |
partitive | kateenkorvaa | kateenkorvia | |
illative | kateenkorvaan | kateenkorviin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kateenkorva | kateenkorvat | |
accusative | nom. | kateenkorva | kateenkorvat |
gen. | kateenkorvan | ||
genitive | kateenkorvan | kateenkorvien kateenkorvain rare | |
partitive | kateenkorvaa | kateenkorvia | |
inessive | kateenkorvassa | kateenkorvissa | |
elative | kateenkorvasta | kateenkorvista | |
illative | kateenkorvaan | kateenkorviin | |
adessive | kateenkorvalla | kateenkorvilla | |
ablative | kateenkorvalta | kateenkorvilta | |
allative | kateenkorvalle | kateenkorville | |
essive | kateenkorvana | kateenkorvina | |
translative | kateenkorvaksi | kateenkorviksi | |
abessive | kateenkorvatta | kateenkorvitta | |
instructive | — | kateenkorvin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “kateenkorva”, 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