mandariini
Estonian edit
Noun edit
mandariini
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Swedish mandarin, from Portuguese mandarim.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mandariini
- mandarin (fruit)
- mandarin (Chinese bureaucrat)
- Ellipsis of mandariinikiina (“Mandarin Chinese (language)”).
Declension edit
Inflection of mandariini (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | mandariini | mandariinit | ||
genitive | mandariinin | mandariinien | ||
partitive | mandariinia | mandariineja | ||
illative | mandariiniin | mandariineihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | mandariini | mandariinit | ||
accusative | nom. | mandariini | mandariinit | |
gen. | mandariinin | |||
genitive | mandariinin | mandariinien | ||
partitive | mandariinia | mandariineja | ||
inessive | mandariinissa | mandariineissa | ||
elative | mandariinista | mandariineista | ||
illative | mandariiniin | mandariineihin | ||
adessive | mandariinilla | mandariineilla | ||
ablative | mandariinilta | mandariineilta | ||
allative | mandariinille | mandariineille | ||
essive | mandariinina | mandariineina | ||
translative | mandariiniksi | mandariineiksi | ||
abessive | mandariinitta | mandariineitta | ||
instructive | — | mandariinein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “mandariini”, 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 2023-07-01