sananjalka
Finnish
Etymology
sanan (“word”) + jalka (“leg”), with jalka in the figurative sense of "stem". When the stem or rib is cut from a certain angle, the shape resembles a letter or a puumerkki, hence the name.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑnɑnˌjɑlkɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑnɑnˌjɑlkɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑlkɑ
- Syllabification(key): sa‧nan‧jal‧ka
Noun
sananjalka
- common bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)
- any fern in the genus Pteridium
Declension
| Inflection of sananjalka (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sananjalka | sananjalat | |
| genitive | sananjalan | sananjalkojen | |
| partitive | sananjalkaa | sananjalkoja | |
| illative | sananjalkaan | sananjalkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sananjalka | sananjalat | |
| accusative | nom. | sananjalka | sananjalat |
| gen. | sananjalan | ||
| genitive | sananjalan | sananjalkojen sananjalkainrare | |
| partitive | sananjalkaa | sananjalkoja | |
| inessive | sananjalassa | sananjaloissa | |
| elative | sananjalasta | sananjaloista | |
| illative | sananjalkaan | sananjalkoihin | |
| adessive | sananjalalla | sananjaloilla | |
| ablative | sananjalalta | sananjaloilta | |
| allative | sananjalalle | sananjaloille | |
| essive | sananjalkana | sananjalkoina | |
| translative | sananjalaksi | sananjaloiksi | |
| instructive | — | sananjaloin | |
| abessive | sananjalatta | sananjaloitta | |
| comitative | — | sananjalkoineen | |
| Possessive forms of sananjalka (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | sananjalkani | sananjalkamme |
| 2nd person | sananjalkasi | sananjalkanne |
| 3rd person | sananjalkansa | |