Norsunluurannikko
Finnish
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Etymology
[edit]Compound of norsunluu (“ivory”) + rannikko (“coast”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈnorsunˌluːˌrɑnːikːo/, [ˈno̞rs̠unˌluːˌrɑ̝nːikːo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑnːikːo
- Hyphenation(key): Norsun‧luu‧rannik‧ko
Proper noun
[edit]Norsunluurannikko
- Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)
Usage notes
[edit]- The government of the country has requested that the country be called Côte d’Ivoire in every language. However, it continues to be called Norsunluurannikko in Finnish, with the exception of diplomatic context.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Norsunluurannikko (Kotus type 4*A/laatikko, kk-k gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Norsunluurannikko | — | |
| genitive | Norsunluurannikon | — | |
| partitive | Norsunluurannikkoa | — | |
| illative | Norsunluurannikkoon | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Norsunluurannikko | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Norsunluurannikko | — |
| gen. | Norsunluurannikon | ||
| genitive | Norsunluurannikon | — | |
| partitive | Norsunluurannikkoa | — | |
| inessive | Norsunluurannikossa | — | |
| elative | Norsunluurannikosta | — | |
| illative | Norsunluurannikkoon | — | |
| adessive | Norsunluurannikolla | — | |
| ablative | Norsunluurannikolta | — | |
| allative | Norsunluurannikolle | — | |
| essive | Norsunluurannikkona | — | |
| translative | Norsunluurannikoksi | — | |
| abessive | Norsunluurannikotta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||