tuulenkala
Finnish
editEtymology
edittuulen (“of the wind”) + kala (“fish”); the fish is often caught as side catch of Baltic herring during and after heavy winds.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittuulenkala
- sand lance, sand eel (fish of the family Ammodytidae)
Declension
editInflection of tuulenkala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tuulenkala | tuulenkalat | |
genitive | tuulenkalan | tuulenkalojen | |
partitive | tuulenkalaa | tuulenkaloja | |
illative | tuulenkalaan | tuulenkaloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tuulenkala | tuulenkalat | |
accusative | nom. | tuulenkala | tuulenkalat |
gen. | tuulenkalan | ||
genitive | tuulenkalan | tuulenkalojen tuulenkalain rare | |
partitive | tuulenkalaa | tuulenkaloja | |
inessive | tuulenkalassa | tuulenkaloissa | |
elative | tuulenkalasta | tuulenkaloista | |
illative | tuulenkalaan | tuulenkaloihin | |
adessive | tuulenkalalla | tuulenkaloilla | |
ablative | tuulenkalalta | tuulenkaloilta | |
allative | tuulenkalalle | tuulenkaloille | |
essive | tuulenkalana | tuulenkaloina | |
translative | tuulenkalaksi | tuulenkaloiksi | |
abessive | tuulenkalatta | tuulenkaloitta | |
instructive | — | tuulenkaloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
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Further reading
edit- “tuulenkala”, 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