satakieli
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
sata (“hundred”) + kieli (“tongue”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
satakieli
- Any of the birds in genus Luscinia, in Finnish satakielet. Individual species are called robin, rubythroat, nightingale and bluethroat in English.
- The thrush nightingale (sprosser), Luscinia luscinia.
- A commonly, and erroneously, used name of etelänsatakieli, the common nightingale, nightingale or rufous nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos.
Usage notes[edit]
"Nightingale" is often translated into Finnish as satakieli. This is technically an error, since the bird called nightingale in English is a southern species and does not normally appear in Finland. The bird called satakieli in Finland is thrush nightingale in English.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of satakieli (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | satakieli | satakielet | ||
genitive | satakielen | satakielten satakielien | ||
partitive | satakieltä | satakieliä | ||
illative | satakieleen | satakieliin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | satakieli | satakielet | ||
accusative | nom. | satakieli | satakielet | |
gen. | satakielen | |||
genitive | satakielen | satakielten satakielien | ||
partitive | satakieltä | satakieliä | ||
inessive | satakielessä | satakielissä | ||
elative | satakielestä | satakielistä | ||
illative | satakieleen | satakieliin | ||
adessive | satakielellä | satakielillä | ||
ablative | satakieleltä | satakieliltä | ||
allative | satakielelle | satakielille | ||
essive | satakielenä | satakielinä | ||
translative | satakieleksi | satakieliksi | ||
abessive | satakielettä | satakielittä | ||
instructive | — | satakielin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
- (common nightingale): etelänsatakieli
Further reading[edit]
- “satakieli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03