tonnikala
Appearance
Finnish
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Etymology
[edit]tonni + kala (“fish”); partial calque of Swedish tonfisk.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtonːiˌkɑlɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞nːiˌkɑ̝lɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
- Syllabification(key): ton‧ni‧ka‧la
- Hyphenation(key): tonni‧kala
Noun
[edit]tonnikala
- tuna (fish; flesh of the fish used as food)
- Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
- any fish of the tribe Thunnini
Declension
[edit]Inflection of tonnikala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tonnikala | tonnikalat | |
genitive | tonnikalan | tonnikalojen | |
partitive | tonnikalaa | tonnikaloja | |
illative | tonnikalaan | tonnikaloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tonnikala | tonnikalat | |
accusative | nom. | tonnikala | tonnikalat |
gen. | tonnikalan | ||
genitive | tonnikalan | tonnikalojen tonnikalain rare | |
partitive | tonnikalaa | tonnikaloja | |
inessive | tonnikalassa | tonnikaloissa | |
elative | tonnikalasta | tonnikaloista | |
illative | tonnikalaan | tonnikaloihin | |
adessive | tonnikalalla | tonnikaloilla | |
ablative | tonnikalalta | tonnikaloilta | |
allative | tonnikalalle | tonnikaloille | |
essive | tonnikalana | tonnikaloina | |
translative | tonnikalaksi | tonnikaloiksi | |
abessive | tonnikalatta | tonnikaloitta | |
instructive | — | tonnikaloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “tonnikala”, 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 2023-07-03