spesies
Afrikaans
Noun
spesies
- plural of spesie
Finnish
Etymology
Coined by the Swedish Neogrammarian linguist Adolf Noreen in 1904, adopted into Finnish grammatical vocabulary in 1915.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspeːsies/, [ˈs̠pe̞ːs̠ie̞s̠]
Noun
spesies
- (grammar, dated) definiteness or indefiniteness (the quality of a language of expressing the nouns and noun phrases in either definite or indefinite form; the Indoeuropean languages generally have this quality whereas some others, like the Finno-Ugric languages, don't)
Usage notes
- Biological species is laji in Finnish.
Declension
| Inflection of spesies (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | spesies | spesiekset | |
| genitive | spesieksen | spesiesten spesieksien | |
| partitive | spesiestä | spesieksiä | |
| illative | spesiekseen | spesieksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | spesies | spesiekset | |
| accusative | nom. | spesies | spesiekset |
| gen. | spesieksen | ||
| genitive | spesieksen | spesiesten spesieksien | |
| partitive | spesiestä | spesieksiä | |
| inessive | spesieksessä | spesieksissä | |
| elative | spesieksestä | spesieksistä | |
| illative | spesiekseen | spesieksiin | |
| adessive | spesieksellä | spesieksillä | |
| ablative | spesiekseltä | spesieksiltä | |
| allative | spesiekselle | spesieksille | |
| essive | spesieksenä | spesieksinä | |
| translative | spesiekseksi | spesieksiksi | |
| instructive | — | spesieksin | |
| abessive | spesieksettä | spesieksittä | |
| comitative | — | spesieksineen | |
| Possessive forms of spesies (type vastaus) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | spesiekseni | spesieksemme |
| 2nd person | spesieksesi | spesieksenne |
| 3rd person | spesieksensä | |
Synonyms
- definiittisyys
Hyponyms
- definiittisyys, määräisyys
- indefiniittisyys, epämääräisyys
Further reading
- "Definiteness in Finnish", article by Andrew Chesterman
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, learned borrowing from Latin speciēs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spɛ.ˈsi.ɛs/
- Rhymes: -ɛs, -s
- Hyphenation: spe‧si‧es
Noun
spesies (plural spesies-spesies, first-person possessive spesiesku, second-person possessive spesiesmu, third-person possessive spesiesnya)
- species:
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.
- (chemistry, physics) A particular type of atom, molecule, ion or other particle.
Derived terms
- spesies fokus
- spesies invasif
- spesies kunci
- spesies nitrogen reaktif
- spesies oksigen reaktif
- spesies payung
- spesies reaktif oksigen
Further reading
- “spesies” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.