opossumi
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editopossumi
- opossum (marsupial of the family Didelphidae)
Usage notes
edit- The word opossumi appears in the common names of two other families of marsupials:
- supiaisopossumi (“shrew opossum”) (family Paucituberculata)
- kolokolo-opossumi (“monito del monte”) (family Microbitheriidae)
Declension
editInflection of opossumi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | opossumi | opossumit | ||
genitive | opossumin | opossumien | ||
partitive | opossumia | opossumeja | ||
illative | opossumiin | opossumeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | opossumi | opossumit | ||
accusative | nom. | opossumi | opossumit | |
gen. | opossumin | |||
genitive | opossumin | opossumien | ||
partitive | opossumia | opossumeja | ||
inessive | opossumissa | opossumeissa | ||
elative | opossumista | opossumeista | ||
illative | opossumiin | opossumeihin | ||
adessive | opossumilla | opossumeilla | ||
ablative | opossumilta | opossumeilta | ||
allative | opossumille | opossumeille | ||
essive | opossumina | opossumeina | ||
translative | opossumiksi | opossumeiksi | ||
abessive | opossumitta | opossumeitta | ||
instructive | — | opossumein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- pussirotta (dated)
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “opossumi”, 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