vesimaonkottain

Ingrian
Vesimaonkottain.

Etymology

From vesi (“water”) +‎ maonkottain (“snail”).

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋesiˌmɑonˌkotːɑi̯ne/, [ˈʋe̞s̠iˌmɑo̞ŋˌko̞tːəi̯n]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋesiˌmɑonˌkotːɑi̯n/, [ˈʋe̞ʒ̥iˌmɑo̞ŋˌɡ̊o̞tːɑi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -otːɑi̯n
  • Hyphenation: ve‧si‧ma‧on‧kot‧tain

Noun

vesimaonkottain

  1. sea snail
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, N. J. Molotsova, transl., Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24:
      Unilinnut ja kimalaiset toittiijaat makkiaal kukan meel, lampaat ja lehmät söövät heinää, cirkkulaiset ja kyyhkyläiset nokkiit jyvviä, vesimaonkottaiset närivät rohhoa vesikasvoloist.
      Butterflies and bumblebees feed theirselves with the sweet nectar of flowers, sheep and cows eat hay, sparrows and doves peck grain, sea snails chew grass from water plants.

Declension
Declension of vesimaonkottain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vesimaonkottain vesimaonkottaiset
genitive vesimaonkottaisen vesimaonkottaisiin
partitive vesimaonkottaista, vesimaonkottaist vesimaonkottaisia
illative vesimaonkottaisee vesimaonkottaisii
inessive vesimaonkottaisees vesimaonkottaisiis
elative vesimaonkottaisest vesimaonkottaisist
allative vesimaonkottaiselle vesimaonkottaisille
adessive vesimaonkottaiseel vesimaonkottaisiil
ablative vesimaonkottaiselt vesimaonkottaisilt
translative vesimaonkottaiseks vesimaonkottaisiks
essive vesimaonkottaisenna, vesimaonkottaiseen vesimaonkottaisinna, vesimaonkottaisiin
exessive1) vesimaonkottaisent vesimaonkottaisint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
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