aluskarva
Finnish
Etymology
alus + karva
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlusˌkɑrʋɑ/, [ˈɑlus̠ˌkɑrʋɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑrʋɑ
- Syllabification(key): a‧lus‧kar‧va
Noun
aluskarva
- undercoat, underfur, underhair (layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur)
- An individual hair of undercoat.
Usage notes
- "underhair" is cited to also have the sense "pubic hair"
Declension
| Inflection of aluskarva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aluskarva | aluskarvat | |
| genitive | aluskarvan | aluskarvojen | |
| partitive | aluskarvaa | aluskarvoja | |
| illative | aluskarvaan | aluskarvoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aluskarva | aluskarvat | |
| accusative | nom. | aluskarva | aluskarvat |
| gen. | aluskarvan | ||
| genitive | aluskarvan | aluskarvojen aluskarvainrare | |
| partitive | aluskarvaa | aluskarvoja | |
| inessive | aluskarvassa | aluskarvoissa | |
| elative | aluskarvasta | aluskarvoista | |
| illative | aluskarvaan | aluskarvoihin | |
| adessive | aluskarvalla | aluskarvoilla | |
| ablative | aluskarvalta | aluskarvoilta | |
| allative | aluskarvalle | aluskarvoille | |
| essive | aluskarvana | aluskarvoina | |
| translative | aluskarvaksi | aluskarvoiksi | |
| instructive | — | aluskarvoin | |
| abessive | aluskarvatta | aluskarvoitta | |
| comitative | — | aluskarvoineen | |
| Possessive forms of aluskarva (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | aluskarvani | aluskarvamme |
| 2nd person | aluskarvasi | aluskarvanne |
| 3rd person | aluskarvansa | |