malkoha
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A sirkeer malkoha
English
Etymology
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Noun
malkoha (plural malkohas)
- Any of the cuculine birds in the Phaenicophaeus genus, found across southern and south-east Asia.
Usage notes
In some sources the malkoha are divided into several, up to seven, genera.
Derived terms
- black-bellied malkoha, Phaenicophaeus diardi
- chestnut-bellied malkoha, Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
- blue-faced malkoha, Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- green-billed malkoha, Phaenicophaeus tristis
- sirkeer malkoha, Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
- Raffles' malkoha, Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus
- red-billed malkoha, Phaenicophaeus javanicus
- yellow-billed malkoha, Phaenicophaeus calyorhynchus
- chestnut-breasted malkoha, Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- red-faced malkoha, Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
- red-crested malkoha, Phaenicophaeus superciliosus
- scale-feathered malkoha, Phaenicophaeus cumingi
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Translations
Finnish
Etymology
From English malkoha, from Sinhalese මල්කොහා (malkohā).
Pronunciation
Noun
malkoha
- malkoha (cuculine bird)
Declension
| Inflection of malkoha (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | malkoha | malkohat | |
| genitive | malkohan | malkohien | |
| partitive | malkohaa | malkohia | |
| illative | malkohaan | malkohiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | malkoha | malkohat | |
| accusative | nom. | malkoha | malkohat |
| gen. | malkohan | ||
| genitive | malkohan | malkohien malkohain rare | |
| partitive | malkohaa | malkohia | |
| inessive | malkohassa | malkohissa | |
| elative | malkohasta | malkohista | |
| illative | malkohaan | malkohiin | |
| adessive | malkohalla | malkohilla | |
| ablative | malkohalta | malkohilta | |
| allative | malkohalle | malkohille | |
| essive | malkohana | malkohina | |
| translative | malkohaksi | malkohiksi | |
| abessive | malkohatta | malkohitta | |
| instructive | — | malkohin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||