eteläafrikansiili

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Finnish

Etymology

Etelä-Afrikan (South African) +‎ siili (hedgehog), calque of English South African hedgehog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈetelæˌɑfrikɑnˌsiːli/,
  • Rhymes: -iːli
  • Syllabification(key): e‧te‧lä‧af‧ri‧kan‧sii‧li

Noun

eteläafrikansiili

  1. Southern African hedgehog, Atelerix frontalis (species of hedgehog found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe)

Declension

Possessive forms of eteläafrikansiili (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)