tappajaetana
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
tappaja (“killer”) + etana (“snail”); thus called because it has been observed to feed on dead animals
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑpːɑjɑˌetɑnɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝pːɑ̝jɑ̝ˌe̞t̪ɑ̝nɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -etɑnɑ
- Syllabification(key): tap‧pa‧ja‧e‧ta‧na
Noun edit
tappajaetana (colloquial)
- Spanish slug, Arion vulgaris (highly invasive slug species)
Declension edit
Inflection of tappajaetana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tappajaetana | tappajaetanat | ||
genitive | tappajaetanan | tappajaetanoiden tappajaetanoitten | ||
partitive | tappajaetanaa | tappajaetanoita | ||
illative | tappajaetanaan | tappajaetanoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tappajaetana | tappajaetanat | ||
accusative | nom. | tappajaetana | tappajaetanat | |
gen. | tappajaetanan | |||
genitive | tappajaetanan | tappajaetanoiden tappajaetanoitten tappajaetanainrare | ||
partitive | tappajaetanaa | tappajaetanoita | ||
inessive | tappajaetanassa | tappajaetanoissa | ||
elative | tappajaetanasta | tappajaetanoista | ||
illative | tappajaetanaan | tappajaetanoihin | ||
adessive | tappajaetanalla | tappajaetanoilla | ||
ablative | tappajaetanalta | tappajaetanoilta | ||
allative | tappajaetanalle | tappajaetanoille | ||
essive | tappajaetanana | tappajaetanoina | ||
translative | tappajaetanaksi | tappajaetanoiksi | ||
abessive | tappajaetanatta | tappajaetanoitta | ||
instructive | — | tappajaetanoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “tappajaetana”, 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