orang-utan

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English

Noun

orang-utan (plural orang-utans)

  1. Alternative spelling of orangutan

Ingrian

Orang-utan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian орангутан (orangutan).

Pronunciation

Noun

orang-utan

  1. orangutan
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 64:
      Orang-utanan synnykkimaa ollaa saaret Borneo ja Sumatra.
      The birthland of the orangutan are the islands Borneo and Sumatra.

Declension

Declension of orang-utan (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative orang-utan orang-utanat
genitive orang-utanan orang-utaniin
partitive orang-utanaa orang-utania
illative orang-utanaa orang-utanii
inessive orang-utanaas orang-utaniis
elative orang-utanast orang-utanist
allative orang-utanalle orang-utanille
adessive orang-utanaal orang-utaniil
ablative orang-utanalt orang-utanilt
translative orang-utanaks orang-utaniks
essive orang-utananna, orang-utanaan orang-utaninna, orang-utaniin
exessive1) orang-utanant orang-utanint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.