maaorava
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Finnish
Etymology
maa (“earth, ground, soil”) + orava (“squirrel”)
Pronunciation
Noun
maaorava
- (zoology) chipmunk (rodent of the genera Tamias, Neotamias or Eutamias, formerly all classified under Tamias)
- Synonym: tikutaku
Usage notes
- The English verbatim translation ground squirrel, together with a modifier, may refer to a number of both Old and New World genera in the family Sciuridae. It's used without a modifier of the genus Spermophilus, the individual species of which are called siiseli or suslikki in Finnish.
- The term maaorava is more widely used than tikutaku, the term coined by a committee as a replacement for maaorava.
Declension
Inflection of maaorava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | maaorava | maaoravat | |
genitive | maaoravan | maaoravien | |
partitive | maaoravaa | maaoravia | |
illative | maaoravaan | maaoraviin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | maaorava | maaoravat | |
accusative | nom. | maaorava | maaoravat |
gen. | maaoravan | ||
genitive | maaoravan | maaoravien maaoravain rare | |
partitive | maaoravaa | maaoravia | |
inessive | maaoravassa | maaoravissa | |
elative | maaoravasta | maaoravista | |
illative | maaoravaan | maaoraviin | |
adessive | maaoravalla | maaoravilla | |
ablative | maaoravalta | maaoravilta | |
allative | maaoravalle | maaoraville | |
essive | maaoravana | maaoravina | |
translative | maaoravaksi | maaoraviksi | |
abessive | maaoravatta | maaoravitta | |
instructive | — | maaoravin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “maaorava”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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