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koira
koira
Finnish
Noun
koira
- dog
- dog paddle (swimming stroke)
- (military slang) military police
Declension
| Inflection of koira (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | koira | koirat | |
| genitive | koiran | koirien | |
| partitive | koiraa | koiria | |
| illative | koiraan | koiriin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | koira | koirat | |
| accusative | nom. | koira | koirat |
| gen. | koiran | ||
| genitive | koiran | koirien koirainrare |
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| partitive | koiraa | koiria | |
| inessive | koirassa | koirissa | |
| elative | koirasta | koirista | |
| illative | koiraan | koiriin | |
| adessive | koiralla | koirilla | |
| ablative | koiralta | koirilta | |
| allative | koiralle | koirille | |
| essive | koirana | koirina | |
| translative | koiraksi | koiriksi | |
| instructive | — | koirin | |
| abessive | koiratta | koiritta | |
| comitative | — | koirineen | |
Synonyms
- (dog):
- (swimming stroke):
- (military police):
Derived terms
- koiramainen
- koiruus
- se koira älähtää, johon kalikka kalahtaa (it is the dog that gets hit, who yelps) refers to belief that the person protesting loudest is likely to be guilty.
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Anagrams
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *koira, from Proto-Uralic *kojra, *kojera, from Proto-Uralic base *koj(e)- (“male, human”).
Noun
koira (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *koira, from Proto-Uralic *kojra, *kojera, from Proto-Uralic base *koj(e)- (“male, human”).
Noun
koira (genitive koiraa, partitive koiraa)
Inflection
Declension of koira
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References
- "koira" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat