kissankieli

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Finnish

Ladyfingers
Cats' tongues
Tongue of a cat.

Etymology

kissan (cat's) +‎ kieli (tongue)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkisːɑnˌkie̯li/,
  • Rhymes: -ieli
  • Hyphenation(key): kissan‧kieli

Noun

kissankieli

  1. ladyfinger (small sponge-cake -style baked good)
  2. cat's tongue (type of chocolate candy)

Usage notes

Declension

Inflection of kissankieli (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)
nominative kissankieli kissankielet
genitive kissankielen kissankielten
kissankielien
partitive kissankieltä kissankieliä
illative kissankieleen kissankieliin
singular plural
nominative kissankieli kissankielet
accusative nom. kissankieli kissankielet
gen. kissankielen
genitive kissankielen kissankielten
kissankielien
partitive kissankieltä kissankieliä
inessive kissankielessä kissankielissä
elative kissankielestä kissankielistä
illative kissankieleen kissankieliin
adessive kissankielellä kissankielillä
ablative kissankieleltä kissankieliltä
allative kissankielelle kissankielille
essive kissankielenä kissankielinä
translative kissankieleksi kissankieliksi
abessive kissankielettä kissankielittä
instructive kissankielin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kissankieli (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)

Synonyms