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maaorava

chipmunk (rodent of the genus Tamias in the family Sciuridae, the squirrel family)

Inflection of maaorava (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		maaorava	maaoravat
genitive		maaoravan	maaoravien
partitive		maaoravaa	maaoravia
illative		maaoravaan	maaoraviin
		singular	plural
nominative		maaorava	maaoravat
accusative	nom.	maaorava	maaoravat
accusative	gen.	maaoravan	maaoravat
genitive		maaoravan	maaoravien maaoravain^rare
partitive		maaoravaa	maaoravia
inessive		maaoravassa	maaoravissa
elative		maaoravasta	maaoravista
illative		maaoravaan	maaoraviin
adessive		maaoravalla	maaoravilla
ablative		maaoravalta	maaoravilta
allative		maaoravalle	maaoraville
essive		maaoravana	maaoravina
translative		maaoravaksi	maaoraviksi
instructive		—	maaoravin
abessive		maaoravatta	maaoravitta
comitative		—	maaoravineen

The English term ground squirrel, together with a modifier, may refer to a number of both Old and New World genera in the family Sciuridae. It's used without a modifier of the genus Spermophilus, the individual species of which are called siiseli or suslikki in Finnish.