vesirotta
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]vesi (“water”) + rotta (“rat”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vesirotta
- water rat (rat of the genus Hydromys, found in Australia and Oceania)
- (dated, colloquial) Synonym of piisami (“muskrat”).
- (dated) Synonym of vesimyyrä (“European water vole, Arvicola terrestris”).
Usage notes
[edit]- The collocation vesirotta also appears in the common names of some other rodents. See the compounds below.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of vesirotta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | vesirotta | vesirotat | |
genitive | vesirotan | vesirottien | |
partitive | vesirottaa | vesirottia | |
illative | vesirottaan | vesirottiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vesirotta | vesirotat | |
accusative | nom. | vesirotta | vesirotat |
gen. | vesirotan | ||
genitive | vesirotan | vesirottien vesirottain rare | |
partitive | vesirottaa | vesirottia | |
inessive | vesirotassa | vesirotissa | |
elative | vesirotasta | vesirotista | |
illative | vesirottaan | vesirottiin | |
adessive | vesirotalla | vesirotilla | |
ablative | vesirotalta | vesirotilta | |
allative | vesirotalle | vesirotille | |
essive | vesirottana | vesirottina | |
translative | vesirotaksi | vesirotiksi | |
abessive | vesirotatta | vesirotitta | |
instructive | — | vesirotin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Ingrian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Muskrat_on_Seedskadee_NWR_%2823321840542%29.jpg/220px-Muskrat_on_Seedskadee_NWR_%2823321840542%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From vesi (“water”) + rotta (“rat”). Akin to Finnish vesirotta.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋesiˌrotːɑ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠iˌro̞tː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋesiˌrotːɑ/, [ˈʋe̞ʒ̥iˌro̞tːɑ]
- Rhymes: -otː, -otːɑ
- Hyphenation: ve‧si‧rot‧ta
Noun
[edit]vesirotta
Declension
[edit]Declension of vesirotta (type 3/koira, tt-t gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | vesirotta | vesirotat |
genitive | vesirotan | vesirottiin |
partitive | vesirottaa | vesirottia |
illative | vesirottaa | vesirottii |
inessive | vesirotas | vesirotis |
elative | vesirotast | vesirotist |
allative | vesirotalle | vesirotille |
adessive | vesirotal | vesirotil |
ablative | vesirotalt | vesirotilt |
translative | vesirotaks | vesirotiks |
essive | vesirottanna, vesirottaan | vesirottinna, vesirottiin |
exessive1) | vesirottant | vesirottint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 659
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