koskikara
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Finnish
Etymology
koski (“rapids”) + kara (“Cinclus”)
Pronunciation
Noun
koskikara
- dipper (any of the birds in the genus Cinclus)
- white-throated dipper, water ouzel, European dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Declension
| Inflection of koskikara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | koskikara | koskikarat | |
| genitive | koskikaran | koskikarojen | |
| partitive | koskikaraa | koskikaroja | |
| illative | koskikaraan | koskikaroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | koskikara | koskikarat | |
| accusative | nom. | koskikara | koskikarat |
| gen. | koskikaran | ||
| genitive | koskikaran | koskikarojen koskikarain rare | |
| partitive | koskikaraa | koskikaroja | |
| inessive | koskikarassa | koskikaroissa | |
| elative | koskikarasta | koskikaroista | |
| illative | koskikaraan | koskikaroihin | |
| adessive | koskikaralla | koskikaroilla | |
| ablative | koskikaralta | koskikaroilta | |
| allative | koskikaralle | koskikaroille | |
| essive | koskikarana | koskikaroina | |
| translative | koskikaraksi | koskikaroiksi | |
| abessive | koskikaratta | koskikaroitta | |
| instructive | — | koskikaroin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
- aasiankoskikara (“Cinclus pallasii”)
- amerikankoskikara (“Cinclus mexicanus”)
- andienkoskikara (“Cinclus leucocephalus”)
- argentiinankoskikara (“Cinclus schulzii”)
Further reading
- “koskikara”, 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