tappajaetana
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]tappaja (“killer”) + etana (“snail”); thus called because it has been observed to feed on dead animals
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtɑpːɑjɑˌetɑnɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝pːɑ̝jɑ̝ˌe̞t̪ɑ̝nɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -etɑnɑ
- Hyphenation(key): tap‧paja‧eta‧na
Noun
[edit]tappajaetana (colloquial)
- Spanish slug, Arion vulgaris (highly invasive slug species)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of tappajaetana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tappajaetana | tappajaetanat | |
genitive | tappajaetanan | tappajaetanoiden tappajaetanoitten | |
partitive | tappajaetanaa | tappajaetanoita | |
illative | tappajaetanaan | tappajaetanoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tappajaetana | tappajaetanat | |
accusative | nom. | tappajaetana | tappajaetanat |
gen. | tappajaetanan | ||
genitive | tappajaetanan | tappajaetanoiden tappajaetanoitten tappajaetanain rare | |
partitive | tappajaetanaa | tappajaetanoita | |
inessive | tappajaetanassa | tappajaetanoissa | |
elative | tappajaetanasta | tappajaetanoista | |
illative | tappajaetanaan | tappajaetanoihin | |
adessive | tappajaetanalla | tappajaetanoilla | |
ablative | tappajaetanalta | tappajaetanoilta | |
allative | tappajaetanalle | tappajaetanoille | |
essive | tappajaetanana | tappajaetanoina | |
translative | tappajaetanaksi | tappajaetanoiksi | |
abessive | tappajaetanatta | tappajaetanoitta | |
instructive | — | tappajaetanoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tappajaetana”, 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 2023-07-03