keihäsantilooppi
Finnish
Etymology
keihäs (“spear”) + antilooppi (“antelope”)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kei‧häs‧an‧ti‧loop‧pi
- IPA(key): /ˈkeihæsˌɑntiloːpːi/
Noun
keihäsantilooppi
- oryx (any of the three or four species of antelope in the genus Oryx)
- gemsbok, gemsbuck, Oryx gazella (species of antelope native to southern Africa)
- East African oryx, beisa, Oryx beisa (species of antelope native to eastern Africa)
Usage notes
O. gazella and O. beisa were formerly regarded as one species. Both are still commonly called beisa / keihäsantilooppi in Finnish.
Declension
| Inflection of keihäsantilooppi (Kotus type 5/risti, pp-p gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | keihäsantilooppi | keihäsantiloopit | |
| genitive | keihäsantiloopin | keihäsantilooppien | |
| partitive | keihäsantilooppia | keihäsantilooppeja | |
| illative | keihäsantilooppiin | keihäsantilooppeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | keihäsantilooppi | keihäsantiloopit | |
| accusative | nom. | keihäsantilooppi | keihäsantiloopit |
| gen. | keihäsantiloopin | ||
| genitive | keihäsantiloopin | keihäsantilooppien | |
| partitive | keihäsantilooppia | keihäsantilooppeja | |
| inessive | keihäsantiloopissa | keihäsantiloopeissa | |
| elative | keihäsantiloopista | keihäsantiloopeista | |
| illative | keihäsantilooppiin | keihäsantilooppeihin | |
| adessive | keihäsantiloopilla | keihäsantiloopeilla | |
| ablative | keihäsantiloopilta | keihäsantiloopeilta | |
| allative | keihäsantiloopille | keihäsantiloopeille | |
| essive | keihäsantilooppina | keihäsantilooppeina | |
| translative | keihäsantiloopiksi | keihäsantiloopeiksi | |
| instructive | — | keihäsantiloopein | |
| abessive | keihäsantiloopitta | keihäsantiloopeitta | |
| comitative | — | keihäsantilooppeineen | |
Synonyms
- (Oryx gazella): beisa
- (Oryx beisa): beisa
Derived terms
- arabiankeihäsantilooppi, Oryx leucoryx (Arabian oryx)
See also
- sapeliantilooppi, Oryx dammah (scimitar-horned oryx, scimitar oryx, Sahara oryx)