Elevandiluurannik
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Estonian
Etymology
elevandiluu (“ivory”) + rannik (“coast”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Elevandiluurannik (genitive Elevandiluuranniku, partitive Elevandiluurannikut)
- Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)
- Hypernym: Prantsuse Lääne-Aafrika
- Elevandiluurannikule ― to Ivory Coast
- Elevandiluurannikul ― in Ivory Coast
- Elevandiluurannikult ― from Ivory Coast
Usage notes
The government of the country has requested that the country be called Côte d’Ivoire in every language. However, it continues to be called Elevandiluurannik in Estonian, with the exception of diplomatic context.
Declension
| Declension of Elevandiluurannik (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Elevandiluurannik | Elevandiluurannikud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | Elevandiluuranniku | ||
| genitive | Elevandiluurannikute | ||
| partitive | Elevandiluurannikut | Elevandiluurannikuid | |
| illative | Elevandiluurannikusse | Elevandiluurannikutesse Elevandiluurannikuisse | |
| inessive | Elevandiluurannikus | Elevandiluurannikutes Elevandiluurannikuis | |
| elative | Elevandiluurannikust | Elevandiluurannikutest Elevandiluurannikuist | |
| allative | Elevandiluurannikule | Elevandiluurannikutele Elevandiluurannikuile | |
| adessive | Elevandiluurannikul | Elevandiluurannikutel Elevandiluurannikuil | |
| ablative | Elevandiluurannikult | Elevandiluurannikutelt Elevandiluurannikuilt | |
| translative | Elevandiluurannikuks | Elevandiluurannikuteks Elevandiluurannikuiks | |
| terminative | Elevandiluurannikuni | Elevandiluurannikuteni | |
| essive | Elevandiluurannikuna | Elevandiluurannikutena | |
| abessive | Elevandiluurannikuta | Elevandiluurannikuteta | |
| comitative | Elevandiluurannikuga | Elevandiluurannikutega | |
References
- Elevandiluurannik in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)