kottarainen
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Finnish
Etymology
kotta- + -ra + -inen. Derived from kotti in the sense "case, enclosure", referring to a starling's nest.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kottarainen
- European starling, common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- starling (any bird of the family Sturnidae)
- (informal, figurative) woman
Declension
| Inflection of kottarainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kottarainen | kottaraiset | |
| genitive | kottaraisen | kottaraisten kottaraisien | |
| partitive | kottaraista | kottaraisia | |
| illative | kottaraiseen | kottaraisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kottarainen | kottaraiset | |
| accusative | nom. | kottarainen | kottaraiset |
| gen. | kottaraisen | ||
| genitive | kottaraisen | kottaraisten kottaraisien | |
| partitive | kottaraista | kottaraisia | |
| inessive | kottaraisessa | kottaraisissa | |
| elative | kottaraisesta | kottaraisista | |
| illative | kottaraiseen | kottaraisiin | |
| adessive | kottaraisella | kottaraisilla | |
| ablative | kottaraiselta | kottaraisilta | |
| allative | kottaraiselle | kottaraisille | |
| essive | kottaraisena | kottaraisina | |
| translative | kottaraiseksi | kottaraisiksi | |
| abessive | kottaraisetta | kottaraisitta | |
| instructive | — | kottaraisin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013) Suomalaisen linnunnimistön etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Finnish Bird Names] (Turun yliopiston suomen kielen ja suomalais-ugrilaisen kielentutkimuksen oppiaineen julkaisuja 4) (in Finnish), Turku: University of Turku, →ISBN
Further reading
- “kottarainen”, 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