olkaluu
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Finnish
Etymology
olka (“shoulder”) + luu (“bone”)
Pronunciation
Noun
olkaluu
Declension
| Inflection of olkaluu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | olkaluu | olkaluut | ||
| genitive | olkaluun | olkaluiden olkaluitten | ||
| partitive | olkaluuta | olkaluita | ||
| illative | olkaluuhun | olkaluihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | olkaluu | olkaluut | ||
| accusative | nom. | olkaluu | olkaluut | |
| gen. | olkaluun | |||
| genitive | olkaluun | olkaluiden olkaluitten | ||
| partitive | olkaluuta | olkaluita | ||
| inessive | olkaluussa | olkaluissa | ||
| elative | olkaluusta | olkaluista | ||
| illative | olkaluuhun | olkaluihin | ||
| adessive | olkaluulla | olkaluilla | ||
| ablative | olkaluulta | olkaluilta | ||
| allative | olkaluulle | olkaluille | ||
| essive | olkaluuna | olkaluina | ||
| translative | olkaluuksi | olkaluiksi | ||
| abessive | olkaluutta | olkaluitta | ||
| instructive | — | olkaluin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Further reading
- “olkaluu”, 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