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nokivasara

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Finnish

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Etymology

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noki (soot) +‎ vasara (hammer); from the tendency of the early diesel motors to spew soot around and the knocking sound of the motor.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnokiˌʋɑsɑrɑ/, [ˈno̞k̟iˌʋɑ̝s̠ɑ̝rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsɑrɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): noki‧vasa‧ra

Noun

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nokivasara (colloquial, derogatory)

  1. diesel motor, diesel engine
  2. diesel car

Declension

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Inflection of nokivasara (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative nokivasara nokivasarat
genitive nokivasaran nokivasaroiden
nokivasaroitten
partitive nokivasaraa nokivasaroita
illative nokivasaraan nokivasaroihin
singular plural
nominative nokivasara nokivasarat
accusative nom. nokivasara nokivasarat
gen. nokivasaran
genitive nokivasaran nokivasaroiden
nokivasaroitten
nokivasarain rare
partitive nokivasaraa nokivasaroita
inessive nokivasarassa nokivasaroissa
elative nokivasarasta nokivasaroista
illative nokivasaraan nokivasaroihin
adessive nokivasaralla nokivasaroilla
ablative nokivasaralta nokivasaroilta
allative nokivasaralle nokivasaroille
essive nokivasarana nokivasaroina
translative nokivasaraksi nokivasaroiksi
abessive nokivasaratta nokivasaroitta
instructive nokivasaroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nokivasara (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

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