sammakko
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Finnish
Etymology
Uncertain. Sometimes connected with sammas (“cosmic pillar”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sammakko
- frog
- common frog, Rana temporaria
- Synonym of rintauinti (“breaststroke”).
Declension
| Inflection of sammakko (Kotus type 4*A/laatikko, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sammakko | sammakot | |
| genitive | sammakon | sammakkojen sammakoiden sammakoitten | |
| partitive | sammakkoa | sammakkoja sammakoita | |
| illative | sammakkoon | sammakkoihin sammakoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sammakko | sammakot | |
| accusative | nom. | sammakko | sammakot |
| gen. | sammakon | ||
| genitive | sammakon | sammakkojen sammakoiden sammakoitten | |
| partitive | sammakkoa | sammakkoja sammakoita | |
| inessive | sammakossa | sammakoissa | |
| elative | sammakosta | sammakoista | |
| illative | sammakkoon | sammakkoihin sammakoihin | |
| adessive | sammakolla | sammakoilla | |
| ablative | sammakolta | sammakoilta | |
| allative | sammakolle | sammakoille | |
| essive | sammakkona | sammakkoina | |
| translative | sammakoksi | sammakoiksi | |
| abessive | sammakotta | sammakoitta | |
| instructive | — | sammakoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “sammakko”, 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
Karelian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Related to Finnish sammakko. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
sammakko (genitive sammakon, partitive )
Synonyms
References
- Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “sammakko”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN