norsu
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Finnish
Etymology
Originally a synonym (or rather a dialectal variant) of mursu (“walrus”) (see it for more). Before detailed information about the elephant spread to Finland, it was only known as a big, thick-skinned animal with handsome tusks, hence the initial confusion. The meanings diverged around 18th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
norsu
Declension
| Inflection of norsu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | norsu | norsut | ||
| genitive | norsun | norsujen | ||
| partitive | norsua | norsuja | ||
| illative | norsuun | norsuihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | norsu | norsut | ||
| accusative | nom. | norsu | norsut | |
| gen. | norsun | |||
| genitive | norsun | norsujen | ||
| partitive | norsua | norsuja | ||
| inessive | norsussa | norsuissa | ||
| elative | norsusta | norsuista | ||
| illative | norsuun | norsuihin | ||
| adessive | norsulla | norsuilla | ||
| ablative | norsulta | norsuilta | ||
| allative | norsulle | norsuille | ||
| essive | norsuna | norsuina | ||
| translative | norsuksi | norsuiksi | ||
| abessive | norsutta | norsuitta | ||
| instructive | — | norsuin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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References
- ^ Kaisa Häkkinen: "Mursun ja norsun jäljillä", Virittäjä 4/2007 pp. 482–500
Further reading
- “norsu”, 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