pirunnuija

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Finnish

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Etymology

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pirun (devil's) +‎ nuija (club), calque of English devil's club

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpirunˌnui̯jɑ/, [ˈpirunˌnui̯j(ː)ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -uijɑ
  • Syllabification(key): pi‧run‧nui‧ja

Noun

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pirunnuija

  1. devil's club, devil's walking stick, Oplopanax horridus (large understory shrub native to the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest)

Declension

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Inflection of pirunnuija (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative pirunnuija pirunnuijat
genitive pirunnuijan pirunnuijien
partitive pirunnuijaa pirunnuijia
illative pirunnuijaan pirunnuijiin
singular plural
nominative pirunnuija pirunnuijat
accusative nom. pirunnuija pirunnuijat
gen. pirunnuijan
genitive pirunnuijan pirunnuijien
pirunnuijain rare
partitive pirunnuijaa pirunnuijia
inessive pirunnuijassa pirunnuijissa
elative pirunnuijasta pirunnuijista
illative pirunnuijaan pirunnuijiin
adessive pirunnuijalla pirunnuijilla
ablative pirunnuijalta pirunnuijilta
allative pirunnuijalle pirunnuijille
essive pirunnuijana pirunnuijina
translative pirunnuijaksi pirunnuijiksi
abessive pirunnuijatta pirunnuijitta
instructive pirunnuijin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pirunnuija (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)