keltanokka
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kelta (“yellow”) + nokka (“nose, beak”); an allusion to newborn chicks. Compare French béjaune.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]keltanokka (informal)
- greenhorn, rookie
- Synonym: märkäkorva
Declension
[edit]Inflection of keltanokka (Kotus type 10*A/koira, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | keltanokka | keltanokat | |
genitive | keltanokan | keltanokkien | |
partitive | keltanokkaa | keltanokkia | |
illative | keltanokkaan | keltanokkiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | keltanokka | keltanokat | |
accusative | nom. | keltanokka | keltanokat |
gen. | keltanokan | ||
genitive | keltanokan | keltanokkien keltanokkain rare | |
partitive | keltanokkaa | keltanokkia | |
inessive | keltanokassa | keltanokissa | |
elative | keltanokasta | keltanokista | |
illative | keltanokkaan | keltanokkiin | |
adessive | keltanokalla | keltanokilla | |
ablative | keltanokalta | keltanokilta | |
allative | keltanokalle | keltanokille | |
essive | keltanokkana | keltanokkina | |
translative | keltanokaksi | keltanokiksi | |
abessive | keltanokatta | keltanokitta | |
instructive | — | keltanokin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also
[edit]- aloittelija (“beginner”)
Further reading
[edit]- “keltanokka”, 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