onkiliero
Finnish
editEtymology
editonki (“angle”) + liero (“earthworm”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editonkiliero
- (zoology) red earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus (earthworm species)
- (colloquial) angleworm (any earthworm species used as bait)
Declension
editInflection of onkiliero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | onkiliero | onkilierot | |
genitive | onkilieron | onkilierojen | |
partitive | onkilieroa | onkilieroja | |
illative | onkilieroon | onkilieroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | onkiliero | onkilierot | |
accusative | nom. | onkiliero | onkilierot |
gen. | onkilieron | ||
genitive | onkilieron | onkilierojen | |
partitive | onkilieroa | onkilieroja | |
inessive | onkilierossa | onkilieroissa | |
elative | onkilierosta | onkilieroista | |
illative | onkilieroon | onkilieroihin | |
adessive | onkilierolla | onkilieroilla | |
ablative | onkilierolta | onkilieroilta | |
allative | onkilierolle | onkilieroille | |
essive | onkilierona | onkilieroina | |
translative | onkilieroksi | onkilieroiksi | |
abessive | onkilierotta | onkilieroitta | |
instructive | — | onkilieroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (angleworm): onkimato
See also
editFor other earthworm species, see liero.
Further reading
edit- “onkiliero”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03