seepia
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin sēpia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseːpiɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞ːpiɑ]
- Rhymes: -eːpiɑ
- Syllabification(key): see‧pi‧a
Noun
seepia
- cuttlefish, inkfish (marine mollusk of the order Sepiida)
- sepia (slightly reddish, dark brown pigment made from the secretions, the "ink", of the cuttlefish or a synthetic pigment of the same colour)
- sepia (colour of that pigment)
Usage notes
"Inkfish" usually denotes "cuttlefish" in English, whereas it's Finnish calque mustekala refers to any animal in the subclass Coleoidea, within which the Sepiida are an order. These terms are thus false friends.
Declension
| Inflection of seepia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | seepia | seepiat | |
| genitive | seepian | seepioiden seepioitten | |
| partitive | seepiaa | seepioita | |
| illative | seepiaan | seepioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | seepia | seepiat | |
| accusative | nom. | seepia | seepiat |
| gen. | seepian | ||
| genitive | seepian | seepioiden seepioitten seepiainrare | |
| partitive | seepiaa | seepioita | |
| inessive | seepiassa | seepioissa | |
| elative | seepiasta | seepioista | |
| illative | seepiaan | seepioihin | |
| adessive | seepialla | seepioilla | |
| ablative | seepialta | seepioilta | |
| allative | seepialle | seepioille | |
| essive | seepiana | seepioina | |
| translative | seepiaksi | seepioiksi | |
| instructive | — | seepioin | |
| abessive | seepiatta | seepioitta | |
| comitative | — | seepioineen | |
| Possessive forms of seepia (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | seepiani | seepiamme |
| 2nd person | seepiasi | seepianne |
| 3rd person | seepiansa | |
Hypernyms
- mustekala