liejukana
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]lieju (“mire”) + kana (“hen”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]liejukana
- common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
- moorhen (any bird of the genus Gallinula)
- (in the plural) the genus Gallinula.
Usage notes
[edit]Some gallinules of the genus Porphyrio have the word liejukana in their common names, e.g. amazonianliejukana, kurnuliejukana and siniliejukana.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of liejukana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | liejukana | liejukanat | |
genitive | liejukanan | liejukanojen | |
partitive | liejukanaa | liejukanoja | |
illative | liejukanaan | liejukanoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | liejukana | liejukanat | |
accusative | nom. | liejukana | liejukanat |
gen. | liejukanan | ||
genitive | liejukanan | liejukanojen liejukanain rare | |
partitive | liejukanaa | liejukanoja | |
inessive | liejukanassa | liejukanoissa | |
elative | liejukanasta | liejukanoista | |
illative | liejukanaan | liejukanoihin | |
adessive | liejukanalla | liejukanoilla | |
ablative | liejukanalta | liejukanoilta | |
allative | liejukanalle | liejukanoille | |
essive | liejukanana | liejukanoina | |
translative | liejukanaksi | liejukanoiksi | |
abessive | liejukanatta | liejukanoitta | |
instructive | — | liejukanoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “liejukana”, 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