punaorava

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Finnish

Etymology

puna (red) +‎ orava (squirrel)

Pronunciation

Noun

punaorava

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of orava (Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris); sometimes used to distinguish the Eurasian red squirrel from harmaaorava (eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis) which is an invasive species originating in North America.
  2. (zoology) pine squirrel (New Wold squirrel of the genus Tamiasciurus)
  3. (zoology) American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Declension

Inflection of punaorava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative punaorava punaoravat
genitive punaoravan punaoravien
partitive punaoravaa punaoravia
illative punaoravaan punaoraviin
singular plural
nominative punaorava punaoravat
accusative nom. punaorava punaoravat
gen. punaoravan
genitive punaoravan punaoravien
punaoravain rare
partitive punaoravaa punaoravia
inessive punaoravassa punaoravissa
elative punaoravasta punaoravista
illative punaoravaan punaoraviin
adessive punaoravalla punaoravilla
ablative punaoravalta punaoravilta
allative punaoravalle punaoraville
essive punaoravana punaoravina
translative punaoravaksi punaoraviksi
abessive punaoravatta punaoravitta
instructive punaoravin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of punaorava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative punaoravani punaoravani
accusative nom. punaoravani punaoravani
gen. punaoravani
genitive punaoravani punaoravieni
punaoravaini rare
partitive punaoravaani punaoraviani
inessive punaoravassani punaoravissani
elative punaoravastani punaoravistani
illative punaoravaani punaoraviini
adessive punaoravallani punaoravillani
ablative punaoravaltani punaoraviltani
allative punaoravalleni punaoravilleni
essive punaoravanani punaoravinani
translative punaoravakseni punaoravikseni
abessive punaoravattani punaoravittani
instructive
comitative punaoravineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative punaoravasi punaoravasi
accusative nom. punaoravasi punaoravasi
gen. punaoravasi
genitive punaoravasi punaoraviesi
punaoravaisi rare
partitive punaoravaasi punaoraviasi
inessive punaoravassasi punaoravissasi
elative punaoravastasi punaoravistasi
illative punaoravaasi punaoraviisi
adessive punaoravallasi punaoravillasi
ablative punaoravaltasi punaoraviltasi
allative punaoravallesi punaoravillesi
essive punaoravanasi punaoravinasi
translative punaoravaksesi punaoraviksesi
abessive punaoravattasi punaoravittasi
instructive
comitative punaoravinesi

Synonyms

Derived terms

compounds