vaapsahainen

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vapsa-, borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Lithuanian vapsva and Old Prussian wobse). Cognate with Estonian vapsik, Karelian voapsahaine, Livonian vaps, Veps bapshaine and Votic vaapsõlain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑːpsɑhɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): vaap‧sa‧hai‧nen

Noun

vaapsahainen (dialectal)

  1. wasp, bee
    Synonyms: ampiainen, mehiläinen
  2. crane fly
    Synonym: vaaksiainen

Declension

Inflection of vaapsahainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative vaapsahainen vaapsahaiset
genitive vaapsahaisen vaapsahaisten
vaapsahaisien
partitive vaapsahaista vaapsahaisia
illative vaapsahaiseen vaapsahaisiin
singular plural
nominative vaapsahainen vaapsahaiset
accusative nom. vaapsahainen vaapsahaiset
gen. vaapsahaisen
genitive vaapsahaisen vaapsahaisten
vaapsahaisien
partitive vaapsahaista vaapsahaisia
inessive vaapsahaisessa vaapsahaisissa
elative vaapsahaisesta vaapsahaisista
illative vaapsahaiseen vaapsahaisiin
adessive vaapsahaisella vaapsahaisilla
ablative vaapsahaiselta vaapsahaisilta
allative vaapsahaiselle vaapsahaisille
essive vaapsahaisena vaapsahaisina
translative vaapsahaiseksi vaapsahaisiksi
abessive vaapsahaisetta vaapsahaisitta
instructive vaapsahaisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vaapsahainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

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