sukupuutto

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Finnish

Etymology

suku +‎ puutto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsukuˌpuːtːo/,
  • Rhymes: -uːtːo
  • Syllabification(key): su‧ku‧puut‧to

Noun

sukupuutto

  1. extinction (of a species)
    kuolla sukupuuttoonto go extinct

Declension

Inflection of sukupuutto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative sukupuutto sukupuutot
genitive sukupuuton sukupuuttojen
partitive sukupuuttoa sukupuuttoja
illative sukupuuttoon sukupuuttoihin
singular plural
nominative sukupuutto sukupuutot
accusative nom. sukupuutto sukupuutot
gen. sukupuuton
genitive sukupuuton sukupuuttojen
partitive sukupuuttoa sukupuuttoja
inessive sukupuutossa sukupuutoissa
elative sukupuutosta sukupuutoista
illative sukupuuttoon sukupuuttoihin
adessive sukupuutolla sukupuutoilla
ablative sukupuutolta sukupuutoilta
allative sukupuutolle sukupuutoille
essive sukupuuttona sukupuuttoina
translative sukupuutoksi sukupuutoiksi
abessive sukupuutotta sukupuutoitta
instructive sukupuutoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sukupuutto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

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