fanaloka

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English

Noun

fanaloka (plural fanalokas)

  1. A Malagasy civet (Fossa fossana).

Finnish

Etymology

< Malagasy

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑnɑlokɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -okɑ
  • Syllabification(key): fa‧na‧lo‧ka

Noun

fanaloka

  1. Malagasy civet, striped civet (Fossa fossana) (civet-like mammal endemic to Madagascar)

Declension

Inflection of fanaloka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative fanaloka fanalokat
genitive fanalokan fanalokien
partitive fanalokaa fanalokia
illative fanalokaan fanalokiin
singular plural
nominative fanaloka fanalokat
accusative nom. fanaloka fanalokat
gen. fanalokan
genitive fanalokan fanalokien
fanalokain rare
partitive fanalokaa fanalokia
inessive fanalokassa fanalokissa
elative fanalokasta fanalokista
illative fanalokaan fanalokiin
adessive fanalokalla fanalokilla
ablative fanalokalta fanalokilta
allative fanalokalle fanalokille
essive fanalokana fanalokina
translative fanalokaksi fanalokiksi
abessive fanalokatta fanalokitta
instructive — fanalokin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of fanaloka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fanalokani fanalokani
accusative nom. fanalokani fanalokani
gen. fanalokani
genitive fanalokani fanalokieni
fanalokaini rare
partitive fanalokaani fanalokiani
inessive fanalokassani fanalokissani
elative fanalokastani fanalokistani
illative fanalokaani fanalokiini
adessive fanalokallani fanalokillani
ablative fanalokaltani fanalokiltani
allative fanalokalleni fanalokilleni
essive fanalokanani fanalokinani
translative fanalokakseni fanalokikseni
abessive fanalokattani fanalokittani
instructive — —
comitative — fanalokineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fanalokasi fanalokasi
accusative nom. fanalokasi fanalokasi
gen. fanalokasi
genitive fanalokasi fanalokiesi
fanalokaisi rare
partitive fanalokaasi fanalokiasi
inessive fanalokassasi fanalokissasi
elative fanalokastasi fanalokistasi
illative fanalokaasi fanalokiisi
adessive fanalokallasi fanalokillasi
ablative fanalokaltasi fanalokiltasi
allative fanalokallesi fanalokillesi
essive fanalokanasi fanalokinasi
translative fanalokaksesi fanalokiksesi
abessive fanalokattasi fanalokittasi
instructive — —
comitative — fanalokinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fanalokamme fanalokamme
accusative nom. fanalokamme fanalokamme
gen. fanalokamme
genitive fanalokamme fanalokiemme
fanalokaimme rare
partitive fanalokaamme fanalokiamme
inessive fanalokassamme fanalokissamme
elative fanalokastamme fanalokistamme
illative fanalokaamme fanalokiimme
adessive fanalokallamme fanalokillamme
ablative fanalokaltamme fanalokiltamme
allative fanalokallemme fanalokillemme
essive fanalokanamme fanalokinamme
translative fanalokaksemme fanalokiksemme
abessive fanalokattamme fanalokittamme
instructive — —
comitative — fanalokinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fanalokanne fanalokanne
accusative nom. fanalokanne fanalokanne
gen. fanalokanne
genitive fanalokanne fanalokienne
fanalokainne rare
partitive fanalokaanne fanalokianne
inessive fanalokassanne fanalokissanne
elative fanalokastanne fanalokistanne
illative fanalokaanne fanalokiinne
adessive fanalokallanne fanalokillanne
ablative fanalokaltanne fanalokiltanne
allative fanalokallenne fanalokillenne
essive fanalokananne fanalokinanne
translative fanalokaksenne fanalokiksenne
abessive fanalokattanne fanalokittanne
instructive — —
comitative — fanalokinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative fanalokansa fanalokansa
accusative nom. fanalokansa fanalokansa
gen. fanalokansa
genitive fanalokansa fanalokiensa
fanalokainsa rare
partitive fanalokaansa fanalokiaan
fanalokiansa
inessive fanalokassaan
fanalokassansa 		fanalokissaan
fanalokissansa
elative fanalokastaan
fanalokastansa 		fanalokistaan
fanalokistansa
illative fanalokaansa fanalokiinsa
adessive fanalokallaan
fanalokallansa 		fanalokillaan
fanalokillansa
ablative fanalokaltaan
fanalokaltansa 		fanalokiltaan
fanalokiltansa
allative fanalokalleen
fanalokallensa 		fanalokilleen
fanalokillensa
essive fanalokanaan
fanalokanansa 		fanalokinaan
fanalokinansa
translative fanalokakseen
fanalokaksensa 		fanalokikseen
fanalokiksensa
abessive fanalokattaan
fanalokattansa 		fanalokittaan
fanalokittansa
instructive — —
comitative — fanalokineen
fanalokinensa

Synonyms

Malagasy

Etymology

Likely related to Malay pelanduk (“mousedeer”) through metathesis.

Noun

fanaloka

  1. Malagasy civet, striped civet (Fossa fossana) (civet-like mammal endemic to Madagascar)
  2. ichneumon

References

  • Blench, Roger, Walsh, Martin (2011) “Faunal names in Malagasy: their etymologies and implications for the prehistory of the East African coast”, in 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics‎, Aussois, France, pages 1–31
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