merimetso
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Finnish
Etymology
meri (“sea”) + metso (“wood grouse, capercaillie”)
Pronunciation
Noun
merimetso
- cormorant, shag (any bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae)
- great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo (type species of the cormorant family)
Declension
| Inflection of merimetso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | merimetso | merimetsot | |
| genitive | merimetson | merimetsojen | |
| partitive | merimetsoa | merimetsoja | |
| illative | merimetsoon | merimetsoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | merimetso | merimetsot | |
| accusative | nom. | merimetso | merimetsot |
| gen. | merimetson | ||
| genitive | merimetson | merimetsojen | |
| partitive | merimetsoa | merimetsoja | |
| inessive | merimetsossa | merimetsoissa | |
| elative | merimetsosta | merimetsoista | |
| illative | merimetsoon | merimetsoihin | |
| adessive | merimetsolla | merimetsoilla | |
| ablative | merimetsolta | merimetsoilta | |
| allative | merimetsolle | merimetsoille | |
| essive | merimetsona | merimetsoina | |
| translative | merimetsoksi | merimetsoiksi | |
| abessive | merimetsotta | merimetsoitta | |
| instructive | — | merimetsoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
- amerikanmerimetso
- aucklandinmerimetso
- australianmerimetso
- beringinmerimetso
- bountynmerimetso
- chathaminmerimetso
- etelänmerimetso
- galapagosinmerimetso
- guanomerimetso
- harmaamerimetso
- huppumerimetso
- intianmerimetso
- isomerimetso
- jaavanmerimetso
- japaninmerimetso
- kaislamerimetso
- kapinmerimetso
- kaunomerimetso
- kergueleninmerimetso
- kuningasmerimetso
- maorimerimetso
- matalikkomerimetso
- mustamerimetso
- oliivimerimetso
- partamerimetso
- patagonianmerimetso
- pikkumerimetso
- sepelmerimetso
- stewartinmerimetso
- tasmanianmerimetso
- tyrskymerimetso
- töyhtömerimetso
- ulappamerimetso
Related terms
Further reading
- “merimetso”, 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 2023-07-03