kuolemankello
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Finnish
Etymology
kuoleman (“of death”) + kello (“clock”)
Pronunciation
Noun
kuolemankello
- A woodboring beetle of the genus Hadrobregmus pertinax the male of which makes a ticking noise by banging its head against the wall of its tunnel in order to attract females.
Declension
| Inflection of kuolemankello (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kuolemankello | kuolemankellot | |
| genitive | kuolemankellon | kuolemankellojen | |
| partitive | kuolemankelloa | kuolemankelloja | |
| illative | kuolemankelloon | kuolemankelloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kuolemankello | kuolemankellot | |
| accusative | nom. | kuolemankello | kuolemankellot |
| gen. | kuolemankellon | ||
| genitive | kuolemankellon | kuolemankellojen | |
| partitive | kuolemankelloa | kuolemankelloja | |
| inessive | kuolemankellossa | kuolemankelloissa | |
| elative | kuolemankellosta | kuolemankelloista | |
| illative | kuolemankelloon | kuolemankelloihin | |
| adessive | kuolemankellolla | kuolemankelloilla | |
| ablative | kuolemankellolta | kuolemankelloilta | |
| allative | kuolemankellolle | kuolemankelloille | |
| essive | kuolemankellona | kuolemankelloina | |
| translative | kuolemankelloksi | kuolemankelloiksi | |
| abessive | kuolemankellotta | kuolemankelloitta | |
| instructive | — | kuolemankelloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “kuolemankello”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (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