visakoivu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
visakoivu
- A mutation of silver birch, Betula pendula var. carelica, sometimes referred to as "curly birch" in English.
- The wood of this birch, with highly twisted grain, resulting in a very hard and decorative wood material.
Declension edit
Inflection of visakoivu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | visakoivu | visakoivut | ||
genitive | visakoivun | visakoivujen | ||
partitive | visakoivua | visakoivuja | ||
illative | visakoivuun | visakoivuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | visakoivu | visakoivut | ||
accusative | nom. | visakoivu | visakoivut | |
gen. | visakoivun | |||
genitive | visakoivun | visakoivujen | ||
partitive | visakoivua | visakoivuja | ||
inessive | visakoivussa | visakoivuissa | ||
elative | visakoivusta | visakoivuista | ||
illative | visakoivuun | visakoivuihin | ||
adessive | visakoivulla | visakoivuilla | ||
ablative | visakoivulta | visakoivuilta | ||
allative | visakoivulle | visakoivuille | ||
essive | visakoivuna | visakoivuina | ||
translative | visakoivuksi | visakoivuiksi | ||
abessive | visakoivutta | visakoivuitta | ||
instructive | — | visakoivuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “visakoivu”, 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 2023-07-04