oravannahka
Finnish
editEtymology
editoravan (“squirrel's”) + nahka (“skin”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editoravannahka
Usage notes
editSquirrel was earlier an important fur animal in Finland, and its furs served also as means of exchange. The original meaning of the Finnish word raha (“money”) was "squirrel skin".
Declension
editInflection of oravannahka (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k-∅ gradation) | |||
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nominative | oravannahka | oravannahat | |
genitive | oravannahan | oravannahkojen | |
partitive | oravannahkaa | oravannahkoja | |
illative | oravannahkaan | oravannahkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | oravannahka | oravannahat | |
accusative | nom. | oravannahka | oravannahat |
gen. | oravannahan | ||
genitive | oravannahan | oravannahkojen oravannahkain rare | |
partitive | oravannahkaa | oravannahkoja | |
inessive | oravannahassa | oravannahoissa | |
elative | oravannahasta | oravannahoista | |
illative | oravannahkaan | oravannahkoihin | |
adessive | oravannahalla | oravannahoilla | |
ablative | oravannahalta | oravannahoilta | |
allative | oravannahalle | oravannahoille | |
essive | oravannahkana | oravannahkoina | |
translative | oravannahaksi | oravannahoiksi | |
abessive | oravannahatta | oravannahoitta | |
instructive | — | oravannahoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
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Further reading
edit- “oravannahka”, 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