oravannahka
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
oravan (“squirrel's”) + nahka (“skin”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oravannahka
Usage notes edit
Squirrel was earlier an important fur animal in Finland, and its furs served also as means of exchange. The original meaning of the Finnish word raha (“money”) was "squirrel skin".
Declension edit
Inflection of oravannahka (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k-∅ gradation) | ||||
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nominative | oravannahka | oravannahat | ||
genitive | oravannahan | oravannahkojen | ||
partitive | oravannahkaa | oravannahkoja | ||
illative | oravannahkaan | oravannahkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | oravannahka | oravannahat | ||
accusative | nom. | oravannahka | oravannahat | |
gen. | oravannahan | |||
genitive | oravannahan | oravannahkojen oravannahkainrare | ||
partitive | oravannahkaa | oravannahkoja | ||
inessive | oravannahassa | oravannahoissa | ||
elative | oravannahasta | oravannahoista | ||
illative | oravannahkaan | oravannahkoihin | ||
adessive | oravannahalla | oravannahoilla | ||
ablative | oravannahalta | oravannahoilta | ||
allative | oravannahalle | oravannahoille | ||
essive | oravannahkana | oravannahkoina | ||
translative | oravannahaksi | oravannahoiksi | ||
abessive | oravannahatta | oravannahoitta | ||
instructive | — | oravannahoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “oravannahka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03