From English wallaby, from Dharug wollabi.
vallabi
Not all animals called wallaby in English are vallabi in Finnish. Some are kenguru (“kangaroo”) (genera Dorcopsulus, Lagostrophus, Macropus and Onychogalea) or mala (genus Lagorchestes). The taxonomic genus Macropus contains kangaroos, wallabies and wallaroos.
Inflection of vallabi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | vallabi | vallabit | |
genitive | vallabin | vallabien | |
partitive | vallabia | vallabeja | |
illative | vallabiin | vallabeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vallabi | vallabit | |
accusative | nom. | vallabi | vallabit |
gen. | vallabin | ||
genitive | vallabin | vallabien | |
partitive | vallabia | vallabeja | |
inessive | vallabissa | vallabeissa | |
elative | vallabista | vallabeista | |
illative | vallabiin | vallabeihin | |
adessive | vallabilla | vallabeilla | |
ablative | vallabilta | vallabeilta | |
allative | vallabille | vallabeille | |
essive | vallabina | vallabeina | |
translative | vallabiksi | vallabeiksi | |
abessive | vallabitta | vallabeitta | |
instructive | — | vallabein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |