tsetsekärpänen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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tsetse +‎ kärpänen (fly) < Tswana tsetse (tsetse fly)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtsetseˌkærpænen/, [ˈts̠e̞ts̠e̞ˌk̟ærpæne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ærpænen
  • Hyphenation(key): tsetse‧kärpä‧nen

Noun

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tsetsekärpänen

  1. tsetse, tsetse fly (fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes)

Declension

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Possessive forms of tsetsekärpänen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

Further reading

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