tukiranka
Finnish
Etymology
tuki + ranka, combined from tuki and selkäranka (“backbone”)
Noun
tukiranka
- (anatomy) skeleton (internal or external system that provides support to an organism)
Declension
| Inflection of tukiranka (Kotus type 9/kala, nk-ng gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tukiranka | tukirangat | |
| genitive | tukirangan | tukirankojen | |
| partitive | tukirankaa | tukirankoja | |
| illative | tukirankaan | tukirankoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tukiranka | tukirangat | |
| accusative | nom. | tukiranka | tukirangat |
| gen. | tukirangan | ||
| genitive | tukirangan | tukirankojen tukirankainrare | |
| partitive | tukirankaa | tukirankoja | |
| inessive | tukirangassa | tukirangoissa | |
| elative | tukirangasta | tukirangoista | |
| illative | tukirankaan | tukirankoihin | |
| adessive | tukirangalla | tukirangoilla | |
| ablative | tukirangalta | tukirangoilta | |
| allative | tukirangalle | tukirangoille | |
| essive | tukirankana | tukirankoina | |
| translative | tukirangaksi | tukirangoiksi | |
| instructive | — | tukirangoin | |
| abessive | tukirangatta | tukirangoitta | |
| comitative | — | tukirankoineen | |
Synonyms
- (internal skeleton): luuranko
Derived terms
- ulkoinen tukiranka (“exoskeleton”)