anjovis

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish ansjovis, from Dutch ansjovis; see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

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anjovis

  1. pickled sprat
  2. sprat (any various small marine fish)

Usage notes

The word anjovis is a false friend of English anchovy, which is sardelli in Finnish. However anjovis is often erroneously used to refer to Engraulis encrasicolus.

Declension

Inflection of anjovis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative anjovis anjovikset
genitive anjoviksen anjovisten
anjoviksien
partitive anjovista anjoviksia
illative anjovikseen anjoviksiin
singular plural
nominative anjovis anjovikset
accusative nom. anjovis anjovikset
gen. anjoviksen
genitive anjoviksen anjovisten
anjoviksien
partitive anjovista anjoviksia
inessive anjoviksessa anjoviksissa
elative anjoviksesta anjoviksista
illative anjovikseen anjoviksiin
adessive anjoviksella anjoviksilla
ablative anjovikselta anjoviksilta
allative anjovikselle anjoviksille
essive anjoviksena anjoviksina
translative anjovikseksi anjoviksiksi
abessive anjoviksetta anjoviksitta
instructive anjoviksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of anjovis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

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