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nöpästäinen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Coined by Nisäkäsnimistötoimikunta (Committee for Mammal Names) in 2008, apparently as an irregular derivative from päästäinen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnøpæstæi̯nen/, [ˈnø̞pæs̠ˌtæi̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -æinen
  • Hyphenation(key): nö‧päs‧täi‧nen

Noun

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nöpästäinen

  1. small-eared shrew (New World shrew of the genus Cryptotis)

Declension

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Possessive forms of nöpästäinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

Derived terms

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compounds