postitorvi
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Finnish
Etymology
posti (“post”) + torvi (“horn”)
Pronunciation
Noun
postitorvi
- (historical) post horn (type of brass horn used to signal the arrival or departure of a postrider or mailcoach)
- (music) post horn (valveless musical instrument based on such a horn)
- (zoology) little post horn squid, ram's horn squid, tail-light squid, Spirula spirula; the only extant species in the order Spirulida.
Declension
| Inflection of postitorvi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | postitorvi | postitorvet | |
| genitive | postitorven | postitorvien | |
| partitive | postitorvea | postitorvia | |
| illative | postitorveen | postitorviin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | postitorvi | postitorvet | |
| accusative | nom. | postitorvi | postitorvet |
| gen. | postitorven | ||
| genitive | postitorven | postitorvien | |
| partitive | postitorvea | postitorvia | |
| inessive | postitorvessa | postitorvissa | |
| elative | postitorvesta | postitorvista | |
| illative | postitorveen | postitorviin | |
| adessive | postitorvella | postitorvilla | |
| ablative | postitorvelta | postitorvilta | |
| allative | postitorvelle | postitorville | |
| essive | postitorvena | postitorvina | |
| translative | postitorveksi | postitorviksi | |
| abessive | postitorvetta | postitorvitta | |
| instructive | — | postitorvin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “postitorvi”, 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