nokikana
Finnish
Etymology
noki (“soot”) + kana (“hen”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnokiˌkɑnɑ/, [ˈno̞kiˌkɑnɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
- Syllabification(key): no‧ki‧ka‧na
Noun
nokikana
- coot (any bird of the genus Fulica)
- Eurasian coot, common coot (Fulica atra)
Declension
| Inflection of nokikana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nokikana | nokikanat | |
| genitive | nokikanan | nokikanojen | |
| partitive | nokikanaa | nokikanoja | |
| illative | nokikanaan | nokikanoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nokikana | nokikanat | |
| accusative | nom. | nokikana | nokikanat |
| gen. | nokikanan | ||
| genitive | nokikanan | nokikanojen nokikanainrare | |
| partitive | nokikanaa | nokikanoja | |
| inessive | nokikanassa | nokikanoissa | |
| elative | nokikanasta | nokikanoista | |
| illative | nokikanaan | nokikanoihin | |
| adessive | nokikanalla | nokikanoilla | |
| ablative | nokikanalta | nokikanoilta | |
| allative | nokikanalle | nokikanoille | |
| essive | nokikanana | nokikanoina | |
| translative | nokikanaksi | nokikanoiksi | |
| instructive | — | nokikanoin | |
| abessive | nokikanatta | nokikanoitta | |
| comitative | — | nokikanoineen | |
| Possessive forms of nokikana (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | nokikanani | nokikanamme |
| 2nd person | nokikanasi | nokikananne |
| 3rd person | nokikanansa | |
Derived terms
- amerikannokikana (American coot, Fulica americana)
- andiennokikana (slate-colored coot, Fulica ardesiaca)
- havaijinnokikana (Hawaiian coot, Fulica alai)
- isonokikana (red-gartered coot, Fulica armillata)
- karibiannokikana (Caribbean coot, Fulica caribaea)
- kruununokikana (red-knobbed coot, Fulica cristata)
- lymynokikana (red-fronted coot, Fulica rufifrons)
- pikkunokikana (white-winged coot, Fulica leucoptera)
- punanokikana (giant coot, Fulica gigantea)
- sarvinokikana (horned coot, Fulica cornuta)