nokkavalas

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Finnish

Etymology

nokka (beak) +‎ valas (whale)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnokːɑˌʋɑlɑs/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑs
  • Hyphenation(key): nokka‧valas

Noun

nokkavalas

  1. beaked whale (whale of the family Ziphiidae)
  2. giant beaked whale (beaked whale of the genus Berardius within the family Ziphiidae)

Declension

Inflection of nokkavalas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
nominative nokkavalas nokkavalaat
genitive nokkavalaan nokkavalaiden
nokkavalaitten
partitive nokkavalasta nokkavalaita
illative nokkavalaaseen nokkavalaisiin
singular plural
nominative nokkavalas nokkavalaat
accusative nom. nokkavalas nokkavalaat
gen. nokkavalaan
genitive nokkavalaan nokkavalaiden
nokkavalaitten
nokkavalasten rare
partitive nokkavalasta nokkavalaita
inessive nokkavalaassa nokkavalaissa
elative nokkavalaasta nokkavalaista
illative nokkavalaaseen nokkavalaisiin
nokkavalaihin rare
adessive nokkavalaalla nokkavalailla
ablative nokkavalaalta nokkavalailta
allative nokkavalaalle nokkavalaille
essive nokkavalaana nokkavalaina
translative nokkavalaaksi nokkavalaiksi
abessive nokkavalaatta nokkavalaitta
instructive nokkavalain
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nokkavalas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)

Hyponyms

family Ziphidae

genus Berardius

Derived terms

compounds