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koira

koira

Finnish

Noun

koira

  1. dog
  2. dog paddle (swimming stroke)
  3. (military slang) military police

Declension

Inflection of koira (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
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
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

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.

Related terms

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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])

  1. dog

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)

  1. dog

Inflection

References

  • "koira" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat