vahakoisa
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]vaha (“wax”) + koisa (“moth”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vahakoisa
- wax moth (either of the two species of moth whose larvae feed on beeswax)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of vahakoisa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | vahakoisa | vahakoisat | |
genitive | vahakoisan | vahakoisien | |
partitive | vahakoisaa | vahakoisia | |
illative | vahakoisaan | vahakoisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vahakoisa | vahakoisat | |
accusative | nom. | vahakoisa | vahakoisat |
gen. | vahakoisan | ||
genitive | vahakoisan | vahakoisien vahakoisain rare | |
partitive | vahakoisaa | vahakoisia | |
inessive | vahakoisassa | vahakoisissa | |
elative | vahakoisasta | vahakoisista | |
illative | vahakoisaan | vahakoisiin | |
adessive | vahakoisalla | vahakoisilla | |
ablative | vahakoisalta | vahakoisilta | |
allative | vahakoisalle | vahakoisille | |
essive | vahakoisana | vahakoisina | |
translative | vahakoisaksi | vahakoisiksi | |
abessive | vahakoisatta | vahakoisitta | |
instructive | — | vahakoisin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hyponyms
[edit]- isovahakoisa (“greater wax moth, honeycomb moth”)
- pikkuvahakoisa (“lesser wax moth”)
Derived terms
[edit]compounds