tuija
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See also: Tuija
Finnish
Etymology
From translingual Thuja, Thuya, a botanical term, ultimately from Ancient Greek θυίᾱ (thuíā).
Pronunciation
Noun
tuija
- white cedar, red cedar, thuja (any one of the species in the genus Thuja)
Declension
| Inflection of tuija (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tuija | tuijat | |
| genitive | tuijan | tuijien | |
| partitive | tuijaa | tuijia | |
| illative | tuijaan | tuijiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tuija | tuijat | |
| accusative | nom. | tuija | tuijat |
| gen. | tuijan | ||
| genitive | tuijan | tuijien tuijain rare | |
| partitive | tuijaa | tuijia | |
| inessive | tuijassa | tuijissa | |
| elative | tuijasta | tuijista | |
| illative | tuijaan | tuijiin | |
| adessive | tuijalla | tuijilla | |
| ablative | tuijalta | tuijilta | |
| allative | tuijalle | tuijille | |
| essive | tuijana | tuijina | |
| translative | tuijaksi | tuijiksi | |
| abessive | tuijatta | tuijitta | |
| instructive | — | tuijin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tuija”, 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