jalohaukka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]jalo (“noble”) + haukka (“hawk”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jalohaukka
- A bird of prey of the taxonomic family Falconidae, which includes eleven genera of falcons, falconets and caracaras.
- A bird of the genus Falco within the family Falconidae, which includes falcons, kestrels, hobbies, and the merlin.
- (in the plural) the family Falconidae or the genus Falco.
Usage notes
[edit]To avoid the obvious possibility for confusion the genus Falco may also be called aitojalohaukat (“true falcons”). The other genera in the family Falconidae are called:
- aasianhaukkaset (“Microhierax - falconets”)
- kääpiöhaukat (“Polihierax - pygmy falcons”)
- pampahaukkaset (“Spiziapteryx - spot-winged falconets”)
- amerikanhaukkaset (“Micrastur - forest falcons”)
- nauruhaukat (“Herpetotheres - laughing falcons”)
- pikkukarakarat (“Milvago”)
- töyhtökarakarat (“Caracara”)
- etelänkarakarat (“Phalcoboenus”)
- naurukarakarat (“Ibycter”)
- mustakarakarat (“Daptrius”).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of jalohaukka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | jalohaukka | jalohaukat | |
genitive | jalohaukan | jalohaukkojen | |
partitive | jalohaukkaa | jalohaukkoja | |
illative | jalohaukkaan | jalohaukkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | jalohaukka | jalohaukat | |
accusative | nom. | jalohaukka | jalohaukat |
gen. | jalohaukan | ||
genitive | jalohaukan | jalohaukkojen jalohaukkain rare | |
partitive | jalohaukkaa | jalohaukkoja | |
inessive | jalohaukassa | jalohaukoissa | |
elative | jalohaukasta | jalohaukoista | |
illative | jalohaukkaan | jalohaukkoihin | |
adessive | jalohaukalla | jalohaukoilla | |
ablative | jalohaukalta | jalohaukoilta | |
allative | jalohaukalle | jalohaukoille | |
essive | jalohaukkana | jalohaukkoina | |
translative | jalohaukaksi | jalohaukoiksi | |
abessive | jalohaukatta | jalohaukoitta | |
instructive | — | jalohaukoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]- aitojalohaukka
- hopeajalohaukka (“Falco hypoleucos, grey falcon”)
- intianjalohaukka (“Falco jugger, laggar falcon”)
- keikarijalohaukka (“Falco femoralis, aplomado falcon”)
- mustajalohaukka (“Falco subniger, black falcon”)
- pikkujalohaukka (“Falco rufigularis, bat falcon”)
- punajalohaukka (“Falco deiroleucus, orange-breasted falcon”)
- rotkojalohaukka (“Falco fasciinucha, Taita falcon”)
- ruskojalohaukka (“Falco berigora, brown falcon”)
Further reading
[edit]- “jalohaukka”, 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