pirana
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English
Noun
pirana (plural piranas)
- Alternative form of piranha
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Possibly derived from Russian пир (pir, “feast”). Dialectal variants include pirona, pirena, pirama.
Pronunciation
Noun
pirana
- a certain Karelian thick porridge or porridge-like soup made of grain, legumes, beans and some other ingredients, such as meat and/or rutabaga
Declension
| Inflection of pirana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pirana | piranat | |
| genitive | piranan | piranojen | |
| partitive | piranaa | piranoja | |
| illative | piranaan | piranoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pirana | piranat | |
| accusative | nom. | pirana | piranat |
| gen. | piranan | ||
| genitive | piranan | piranojen piranain rare | |
| partitive | piranaa | piranoja | |
| inessive | piranassa | piranoissa | |
| elative | piranasta | piranoista | |
| illative | piranaan | piranoihin | |
| adessive | piranalla | piranoilla | |
| ablative | piranalta | piranoilta | |
| allative | piranalle | piranoille | |
| essive | piranana | piranoina | |
| translative | piranaksi | piranoiksi | |
| abessive | piranatta | piranoitta | |
| instructive | — | piranoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Anagrams
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English piranha.
Noun
pirana (Jawi spelling ڤيران, plural pirana-pirana, informal 1st possessive piranaku, 2nd possessive piranamu, 3rd possessive pirananya)
Further reading
- “pirana” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Turkish
Etymology
From French piranha, from Portuguese piranha, from Old Tupi.
Noun
pirana (definite accusative piranayı, plural piranalar)
- piranha (South American fish)