nokikana
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nokikana
- coot (any bird of the genus Fulica)
- Eurasian coot, common coot (Fulica atra)
Declension
| Inflection of nokikana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nokikana | nokikanat | ||
| genitive | nokikanan | nokikanojen | ||
| partitive | nokikanaa | nokikanoja | ||
| illative | nokikanaan | nokikanoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | nokikana | nokikanat | ||
| accusative | nom. | nokikana | nokikanat | |
| gen. | nokikanan | |||
| genitive | nokikanan | nokikanojen nokikanainrare | ||
| partitive | nokikanaa | nokikanoja | ||
| inessive | nokikanassa | nokikanoissa | ||
| elative | nokikanasta | nokikanoista | ||
| illative | nokikanaan | nokikanoihin | ||
| adessive | nokikanalla | nokikanoilla | ||
| ablative | nokikanalta | nokikanoilta | ||
| allative | nokikanalle | nokikanoille | ||
| essive | nokikanana | nokikanoina | ||
| translative | nokikanaksi | nokikanoiksi | ||
| abessive | nokikanatta | nokikanoitta | ||
| instructive | — | nokikanoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
- amerikannokikana (American coot, Fulica americana)
- andiennokikana (slate-colored coot, Fulica ardesiaca)
- havaijinnokikana (Hawaiian coot, Fulica alai)
- isonokikana (red-gartered coot, Fulica armillata)
- karibiannokikana (Caribbean coot, Fulica caribaea)
- kruununokikana (red-knobbed coot, Fulica cristata)
- lymynokikana (red-fronted coot, Fulica rufifrons)
- pikkunokikana (white-winged coot, Fulica leucoptera)
- punanokikana (giant coot, Fulica gigantea)
- sarvinokikana (horned coot, Fulica cornuta)
Further reading
- “nokikana”, 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 2023-07-03
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
nokikana |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
— |
Etymology
From noki (“soot”) + kana (“hen”). Akin to Finnish nokikana.
Pronunciation
Noun
nokikana (genitive nokikanan, partitive nokikanua)
Declension
| Viena Karelian declension of nokikana (type 4/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nokikana | nokikanat | |
| genitive | nokikanan | nokikanojen | |
| partitive | nokikanua | nokikanoja | |
| illative | nokikanah | nokikanoih | |
| inessive | nokikanašša | nokikanoissa | |
| elative | nokikanašta | nokikanoista | |
| adessive | nokikanalla | nokikanoilla | |
| ablative | nokikanalta | nokikanoilta | |
| translative | nokikanakši | nokikanoiksi | |
| essive | nokikanana | nokikanoina | |
| comitative | — | nokikanoineh | |
| abessive | nokikanatta | nokikanoitta | |
| Possessive forms of nokikana | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | nokikanani | |
| 2nd person | nokikanaš | |
| 3rd person | nokikanah | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
References
- P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “лысуха”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN