kimalainen
See also: Kimalainen
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *kimalainën. Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Slavic *čьmeľь, itself likely onomatopoetic; attempts at deriving from kimeä (“shrill”) or kimaltaa (“to glitter”) are semantically unconvincing, since bumblebees don't glitter and the sound they emit is the opposite of shrill.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkimalainen
Declension
editInflection of kimalainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kimalainen | kimalaiset | ||
genitive | kimalaisen | kimalaisten kimalaisien | ||
partitive | kimalaista | kimalaisia | ||
illative | kimalaiseen | kimalaisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kimalainen | kimalaiset | ||
accusative | nom. | kimalainen | kimalaiset | |
gen. | kimalaisen | |||
genitive | kimalaisen | kimalaisten kimalaisien | ||
partitive | kimalaista | kimalaisia | ||
inessive | kimalaisessa | kimalaisissa | ||
elative | kimalaisesta | kimalaisista | ||
illative | kimalaiseen | kimalaisiin | ||
adessive | kimalaisella | kimalaisilla | ||
ablative | kimalaiselta | kimalaisilta | ||
allative | kimalaiselle | kimalaisille | ||
essive | kimalaisena | kimalaisina | ||
translative | kimalaiseksi | kimalaisiksi | ||
abessive | kimalaisetta | kimalaisitta | ||
instructive | — | kimalaisin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
References
editFurther reading
edit- “kimalainen”, 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 2023-07-02
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