punaorava
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]puna (“red”) + orava (“squirrel”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]punaorava
- (colloquial) Synonym of orava (Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris); sometimes used to distinguish the Eurasian red squirrel from harmaaorava (“eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis”) which is an invasive species originating in North America.
- (zoology) pine squirrel (New Wold squirrel of the genus Tamiasciurus)
- (zoology) American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of punaorava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | punaorava | punaoravat | |
| genitive | punaoravan | punaoravien | |
| partitive | punaoravaa | punaoravia | |
| illative | punaoravaan | punaoraviin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | punaorava | punaoravat | |
| accusative | nom. | punaorava | punaoravat |
| gen. | punaoravan | ||
| genitive | punaoravan | punaoravien punaoravain rare | |
| partitive | punaoravaa | punaoravia | |
| inessive | punaoravassa | punaoravissa | |
| elative | punaoravasta | punaoravista | |
| illative | punaoravaan | punaoraviin | |
| adessive | punaoravalla | punaoravilla | |
| ablative | punaoravalta | punaoravilta | |
| allative | punaoravalle | punaoraville | |
| essive | punaoravana | punaoravina | |
| translative | punaoravaksi | punaoraviksi | |
| abessive | punaoravatta | punaoravitta | |
| instructive | — | punaoravin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
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