tikutaku
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]< Tiku ja Taku, the Finnish name of the Disney chipmunk characters Chip 'n' Dale. Coined by Nisäkäsnimistötoimikunta (Committee for Mammal Names) in 2008.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tikutaku
- Synonym of maaorava (“chipmunk”)
- Synonym of juovamaaorava (“eastern chipmunk”)
Usage notes
[edit]- The term maaorava is still (2022) probably more widely used than the recommended tikutaku.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of tikutaku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tikutaku | tikutakut | |
genitive | tikutakun | tikutakujen | |
partitive | tikutakua | tikutakuja | |
illative | tikutakuun | tikutakuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tikutaku | tikutakut | |
accusative | nom. | tikutaku | tikutakut |
gen. | tikutakun | ||
genitive | tikutakun | tikutakujen | |
partitive | tikutakua | tikutakuja | |
inessive | tikutakussa | tikutakuissa | |
elative | tikutakusta | tikutakuista | |
illative | tikutakuun | tikutakuihin | |
adessive | tikutakulla | tikutakuilla | |
ablative | tikutakulta | tikutakuilta | |
allative | tikutakulle | tikutakuille | |
essive | tikutakuna | tikutakuina | |
translative | tikutakuksi | tikutakuiksi | |
abessive | tikutakutta | tikutakuitta | |
instructive | — | tikutakuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit](compounds):
- coloradontikutaku
- durangontikutaku
- harmaajalkatikutaku
- harmaakaulustikutaku
- isotikutaku
- kaliforniantikutaku
- kalliotikutaku
- keltamäntytikutaku
- keltaposkitikutaku
- kontortatikutaku
- meksikontikutaku
- metsätikutaku
- nevadantikutaku
- oregonintikutaku
- pikkutikutaku
- pitkäkorvatikutaku
- punahäntätikutaku
- rannikkotikutaku
- sierranevadantikutaku
- sonomantikutaku
- uintavuortentikutaku
- utahintikutaku