puutiainen

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Etymology

Derived from the same root as punkki, probably puu, as puu +‎ -iainen. Has an irregular -t-, which could be explained as influence from puutäi, puuntäi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːtiɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): puu‧ti‧ai‧nen

Noun

puutiainen

  1. hard tick (any tick of the family Ixodidae)
  2. castor bean tick, pasture tick, sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus (species of hard tick acting as vector for Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis)

Declension

Inflection of puutiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative puutiainen puutiaiset
genitive puutiaisen puutiaisten
puutiaisien
partitive puutiaista puutiaisia
illative puutiaiseen puutiaisiin
singular plural
nominative puutiainen puutiaiset
accusative nom. puutiainen puutiaiset
gen. puutiaisen
genitive puutiaisen puutiaisten
puutiaisien
partitive puutiaista puutiaisia
inessive puutiaisessa puutiaisissa
elative puutiaisesta puutiaisista
illative puutiaiseen puutiaisiin
adessive puutiaisella puutiaisilla
ablative puutiaiselta puutiaisilta
allative puutiaiselle puutiaisille
essive puutiaisena puutiaisina
translative puutiaiseksi puutiaisiksi
abessive puutiaisetta puutiaisitta
instructive puutiaisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of puutiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

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