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talviuni
talviuni
Finnish
Noun
talviuni
- winter sleep, hibernation, denning (winter rest of animals like bears)
Declension
| Inflection of talviuni (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | talviuni | talviunet | |
| genitive | talviunen | talviunien talviunten |
|
| partitive | talviunta | talviunia | |
| illative | talviuneen | talviuniin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | talviuni | talviunet | |
| accusative | nom. | talviuni | talviunet |
| gen. | talviunen | ||
| genitive | talviunen | talviunien talviunten |
|
| partitive | talviunta | talviunia | |
| inessive | talviunessa | talviunissa | |
| elative | talviunesta | talviunista | |
| illative | talviuneen | talviuniin | |
| adessive | talviunella | talviunilla | |
| ablative | talviunelta | talviunilta | |
| allative | talviunelle | talviunille | |
| essive | talviunena | talviunina | |
| translative | talviuneksi | talviuniksi | |
| instructive | — | talviunin | |
| abessive | talviunetta | talviunitta | |
| comitative | — | talviunineen | |
Usage notes
Talviuni and talvihorros are treated as synonyms by many speakers. In more specific usage talvihorros refers to a deep slumber in which the body temperature of the hibernating animal drops close to 0°C (e.g. with hedgehogs and bats) in order to minimize the consumption of energy. In the case of talviuni the temperature falls less, e.g. with the brown bear to 33°C from the normal 37°C.