kekomuurahainen
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Finnish
Etymology
Compound of keko (“mound”) + muurahainen (“ant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kekomuurahainen
- wood ant, thatch-mound ant (mound-building ant of the Formica rufa subgeneric group)
Declension
| Inflection of kekomuurahainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kekomuurahainen | kekomuurahaiset | |
| genitive | kekomuurahaisen | kekomuurahaisten kekomuurahaisien | |
| partitive | kekomuurahaista | kekomuurahaisia | |
| illative | kekomuurahaiseen | kekomuurahaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kekomuurahainen | kekomuurahaiset | |
| accusative | nom. | kekomuurahainen | kekomuurahaiset |
| gen. | kekomuurahaisen | ||
| genitive | kekomuurahaisen | kekomuurahaisten kekomuurahaisien | |
| partitive | kekomuurahaista | kekomuurahaisia | |
| inessive | kekomuurahaisessa | kekomuurahaisissa | |
| elative | kekomuurahaisesta | kekomuurahaisista | |
| illative | kekomuurahaiseen | kekomuurahaisiin | |
| adessive | kekomuurahaisella | kekomuurahaisilla | |
| ablative | kekomuurahaiselta | kekomuurahaisilta | |
| allative | kekomuurahaiselle | kekomuurahaisille | |
| essive | kekomuurahaisena | kekomuurahaisina | |
| translative | kekomuurahaiseksi | kekomuurahaisiksi | |
| abessive | kekomuurahaisetta | kekomuurahaisitta | |
| instructive | — | kekomuurahaisin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
- kaljukekomuurahainen
- karvakekomuurahainen
- punakekomuurahainen (“red wood ant”)
- tupsukekomuurahainen (“Scottish wood ant”)
Further reading
- “kekomuurahainen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02