vesirotta
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Vesirotta.
Finnish
Etymology
vesi (“water”) + rotta (“rat”)
Pronunciation
Noun
vesirotta
- water rat (rat of the genus Hydromys, found in Australia and Oceania)
- (dated, colloquial) Synonym of piisami (“muskrat”).
- (dated) Synonym of vesimyyrä (“European water vole, Arvicola terrestris”).
Usage notes
- The collocation vesirotta also appears in the common names of some other rodents. See the compounds below.
Declension
| Inflection of vesirotta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vesirotta | vesirotat | |
| genitive | vesirotan | vesirottien | |
| partitive | vesirottaa | vesirottia | |
| illative | vesirottaan | vesirottiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vesirotta | vesirotat | |
| accusative | nom. | vesirotta | vesirotat |
| gen. | vesirotan | ||
| genitive | vesirotan | vesirottien vesirottain rare | |
| partitive | vesirottaa | vesirottia | |
| inessive | vesirotassa | vesirotissa | |
| elative | vesirotasta | vesirotista | |
| illative | vesirottaan | vesirottiin | |
| adessive | vesirotalla | vesirotilla | |
| ablative | vesirotalta | vesirotilta | |
| allative | vesirotalle | vesirotille | |
| essive | vesirottana | vesirottina | |
| translative | vesirotaksi | vesirotiksi | |
| abessive | vesirotatta | vesirotitta | |
| instructive | — | vesirotin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
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Etymology
From vesi (“water”) + rotta (“rat”). Akin to Finnish vesirotta.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋesiˌrotːɑ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋesiˌrotːɑ/,
- Rhymes: -otː, -otːɑ
- Hyphenation: ve‧si‧rot‧ta
Noun
vesirotta
Declension
| Declension of vesirotta (type 3/koira, tt-t gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | vesirotta | vesirotat |
| genitive | vesirotan | vesirottiin |
| partitive | vesirottaa | vesirottia |
| illative | vesirottaa | vesirottii |
| inessive | vesirotas | vesirotis |
| elative | vesirotast | vesirotist |
| allative | vesirotalle | vesirotille |
| adessive | vesirotal | vesirotil |
| ablative | vesirotalt | vesirotilt |
| translative | vesirotaks | vesirotiks |
| essive | vesirottanna, vesirottaan | vesirottinna, vesirottiin |
| exessive1) | vesirottant | vesirottint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 659