tuulenkala
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Finnish
Etymology
tuulen (“of the wind”) + kala (“fish”); the fish is often caught as side catch of Baltic herring during and after heavy winds.
Pronunciation
Noun
tuulenkala
- sand lance, sand eel (fish of the family Ammodytidae)
Declension
| Inflection of tuulenkala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tuulenkala | tuulenkalat | |
| genitive | tuulenkalan | tuulenkalojen | |
| partitive | tuulenkalaa | tuulenkaloja | |
| illative | tuulenkalaan | tuulenkaloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tuulenkala | tuulenkalat | |
| accusative | nom. | tuulenkala | tuulenkalat |
| gen. | tuulenkalan | ||
| genitive | tuulenkalan | tuulenkalojen tuulenkalain rare | |
| partitive | tuulenkalaa | tuulenkaloja | |
| inessive | tuulenkalassa | tuulenkaloissa | |
| elative | tuulenkalasta | tuulenkaloista | |
| illative | tuulenkalaan | tuulenkaloihin | |
| adessive | tuulenkalalla | tuulenkaloilla | |
| ablative | tuulenkalalta | tuulenkaloilta | |
| allative | tuulenkalalle | tuulenkaloille | |
| essive | tuulenkalana | tuulenkaloina | |
| translative | tuulenkalaksi | tuulenkaloiksi | |
| abessive | tuulenkalatta | tuulenkaloitta | |
| instructive | — | tuulenkaloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “tuulenkala”, 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