vaaksiainen

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Finnish

Etymology

From vaaksa (span - measure between thumb and little finger) +‎ -iainen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑːksiɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): vaak‧si‧ai‧nen

Noun

vaaksiainen

  1. crane fly; daddy longlegs (UK) (any of the flies of the family Tipulidae)
    Synonym: (dialectal) vaapsahainen

Declension

Inflection of vaaksiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative vaaksiainen vaaksiaiset
genitive vaaksiaisen vaaksiaisten
vaaksiaisien
partitive vaaksiaista vaaksiaisia
illative vaaksiaiseen vaaksiaisiin
singular plural
nominative vaaksiainen vaaksiaiset
accusative nom. vaaksiainen vaaksiaiset
gen. vaaksiaisen
genitive vaaksiaisen vaaksiaisten
vaaksiaisien
partitive vaaksiaista vaaksiaisia
inessive vaaksiaisessa vaaksiaisissa
elative vaaksiaisesta vaaksiaisista
illative vaaksiaiseen vaaksiaisiin
adessive vaaksiaisella vaaksiaisilla
ablative vaaksiaiselta vaaksiaisilta
allative vaaksiaiselle vaaksiaisille
essive vaaksiaisena vaaksiaisina
translative vaaksiaiseksi vaaksiaisiksi
abessive vaaksiaisetta vaaksiaisitta
instructive vaaksiaisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vaaksiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

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