okassiga
Estonian
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Etymology
[edit]From okas + siga. Calque of German Stachelschwein.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]okassiga (genitive okassea, partitive okassiga)
- porcupine, Old World porcupine, hystricid (any rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- Coordinate term: urson
Declension
[edit]| Declension of okassiga (ÕS type 18u/sõda, ig-e gradation) | |||
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| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | okassiga | okassead | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | okassea | ||
| genitive | okassigade | ||
| partitive | okassiga | okassigu okassigasid | |
| illative | okassiga okasseasse |
okassigadesse okasseusse | |
| inessive | okasseas | okassigades okasseus | |
| elative | okasseast | okassigadest okasseust | |
| allative | okasseale | okassigadele okasseule | |
| adessive | okasseal | okassigadel okasseul | |
| ablative | okassealt | okassigadelt okasseult | |
| translative | okasseaks | okassigadeks okasseuks | |
| terminative | okasseani | okassigadeni | |
| essive | okasseana | okassigadena | |
| abessive | okasseata | okassigadeta | |
| comitative | okasseaga | okassigadega | |
Further reading
[edit]- “okassiga”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “okassiga”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “okassiga”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- okassiga in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)