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tikutaku

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Finnish

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Etymology

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< Tiku ja Taku, the Finnish name of the Disney chipmunk characters Chip 'n' Dale. Coined by Nisäkäsnimistötoimikunta (Committee for Mammal Names) in 2008.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtikuˌtɑku/, [ˈt̪ikuˌt̪ɑ̝ku]
  • Rhymes: -ɑku
  • Hyphenation(key): tiku‧taku

Noun

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tikutaku

  1. Synonym of maaorava (chipmunk)
  2. Synonym of juovamaaorava (eastern chipmunk)

Usage notes

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  • The term maaorava is still (2022) probably more widely used than the recommended tikutaku.

Declension

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Inflection of tikutaku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of tikutaku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tikutakuni tikutakuni
accusative nom. tikutakuni tikutakuni
gen. tikutakuni
genitive tikutakuni tikutakujeni
partitive tikutakuani tikutakujani
inessive tikutakussani tikutakuissani
elative tikutakustani tikutakuistani
illative tikutakuuni tikutakuihini
adessive tikutakullani tikutakuillani
ablative tikutakultani tikutakuiltani
allative tikutakulleni tikutakuilleni
essive tikutakunani tikutakuinani
translative tikutakukseni tikutakuikseni
abessive tikutakuttani tikutakuittani
instructive
comitative tikutakuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tikutakusi tikutakusi
accusative nom. tikutakusi tikutakusi
gen. tikutakusi
genitive tikutakusi tikutakujesi
partitive tikutakuasi tikutakujasi
inessive tikutakussasi tikutakuissasi
elative tikutakustasi tikutakuistasi
illative tikutakuusi tikutakuihisi
adessive tikutakullasi tikutakuillasi
ablative tikutakultasi tikutakuiltasi
allative tikutakullesi tikutakuillesi
essive tikutakunasi tikutakuinasi
translative tikutakuksesi tikutakuiksesi
abessive tikutakuttasi tikutakuittasi
instructive
comitative tikutakuinesi

Derived terms

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