liejukana
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
lieju (“mire”) + kana (“hen”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
liejukana
- common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
- moorhen (any bird of the genus Gallinula)
- (in the plural) the genus Gallinula.
Usage notes edit
Some gallinules of the genus Porphyrio have the word liejukana in their common names, e.g. amazonianliejukana, kurnuliejukana and siniliejukana.
Declension edit
Inflection of liejukana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | liejukana | liejukanat | ||
genitive | liejukanan | liejukanojen | ||
partitive | liejukanaa | liejukanoja | ||
illative | liejukanaan | liejukanoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | liejukana | liejukanat | ||
accusative | nom. | liejukana | liejukanat | |
gen. | liejukanan | |||
genitive | liejukanan | liejukanojen liejukanainrare | ||
partitive | liejukanaa | liejukanoja | ||
inessive | liejukanassa | liejukanoissa | ||
elative | liejukanasta | liejukanoista | ||
illative | liejukanaan | liejukanoihin | ||
adessive | liejukanalla | liejukanoilla | ||
ablative | liejukanalta | liejukanoilta | ||
allative | liejukanalle | liejukanoille | ||
essive | liejukanana | liejukanoina | ||
translative | liejukanaksi | liejukanoiksi | ||
abessive | liejukanatta | liejukanoitta | ||
instructive | — | liejukanoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “liejukana”, 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