assapan

English

Etymology

From Eastern Algonquian, probably Powhatan, first recorded as assapanick in 1706.

Noun

assapan (plural assapans)

1. (Southern US, now uncommon) A southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans), found in the southern and eastern United States.

   Synonym: assapanick

   • 1875, John George Wood, Trespassers: showing how the inhabitants of earth, air, and water are enabled to trespass on domains not their own, page 299:

     Other Taguans and Assapans belong to the genus Sciuropterus, or winged squirrels. Like most of the active rodents, the Flying Squirrels are very capable of domestication, and will soon learn to prefer the society of human beings […] .

   • 1896, Brehm's Life of animals, translated from the third German edition by Pechuel-Loesche, Haacke and Schmidtlein, page 312:

     A very keen observation, prolonged for some time, is necessary to follow an Assapan at all, to distinguish and understand the purport of its different movements, […]

   • 1909, Wallace Rice, Animals: a popular natural history of wild beasts, page 66:

     Assapans are fond of living in colonies, and where they have not been disturbed come together in great numbers for what can be no other purpose than play.

Finnish

Etymology

< English assapan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑsːɑpɑn/, [ˈɑ̝s̠ːɑ̝pɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -ɑsːɑpɑn
• Syllabification^(key): as‧sa‧pan

Noun

assapan (dated)

1. Synonym of amerikanliito-orava (“Glaucomys volans”)

Declension

Inflection of assapan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		assapan	assapanit
genitive		assapanin	assapanien
partitive		assapania	assapaneja
illative		assapaniin	assapaneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		assapan	assapanit
accusative	nom.	assapan	assapanit
	gen.	assapanin
genitive		assapanin	assapanien
partitive		assapania	assapaneja
inessive		assapanissa	assapaneissa
elative		assapanista	assapaneista
illative		assapaniin	assapaneihin
adessive		assapanilla	assapaneilla
ablative		assapanilta	assapaneilta
allative		assapanille	assapaneille
essive		assapanina	assapaneina
translative		assapaniksi	assapaneiksi
abessive		assapanitta	assapaneitta
instructive		—	assapanein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of assapan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative assapanini assapanini accusative nom. assapanini assapanini gen. assapanini genitive assapanini assapanieni partitive assapaniani assapanejani inessive assapanissani assapaneissani elative assapanistani assapaneistani illative assapaniini assapaneihini adessive assapanillani assapaneillani ablative assapaniltani assapaneiltani allative assapanilleni assapaneilleni essive assapaninani assapaneinani translative assapanikseni assapaneikseni abessive assapanittani assapaneittani instructive — — comitative — assapaneineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative assapanisi assapanisi accusative nom. assapanisi assapanisi gen. assapanisi genitive assapanisi assapaniesi partitive assapaniasi assapanejasi inessive assapanissasi assapaneissasi elative assapanistasi assapaneistasi illative assapaniisi assapaneihisi adessive assapanillasi assapaneillasi ablative assapaniltasi assapaneiltasi allative assapanillesi assapaneillesi essive assapaninasi assapaneinasi translative assapaniksesi assapaneiksesi abessive assapanittasi assapaneittasi instructive — — comitative — assapaneinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative assapanimme assapanimme accusative nom. assapanimme assapanimme gen. assapanimme genitive assapanimme assapaniemme partitive assapaniamme assapanejamme inessive assapanissamme assapaneissamme elative assapanistamme assapaneistamme illative assapaniimme assapaneihimme adessive assapanillamme assapaneillamme ablative assapaniltamme assapaneiltamme allative assapanillemme assapaneillemme essive assapaninamme assapaneinamme translative assapaniksemme assapaneiksemme abessive assapanittamme assapaneittamme instructive — — comitative — assapaneinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative assapaninne assapaninne accusative nom. assapaninne assapaninne gen. assapaninne genitive assapaninne assapanienne partitive assapanianne assapanejanne inessive assapanissanne assapaneissanne elative assapanistanne assapaneistanne illative assapaniinne assapaneihinne adessive assapanillanne assapaneillanne ablative assapaniltanne assapaneiltanne allative assapanillenne assapaneillenne essive assapaninanne assapaneinanne translative assapaniksenne assapaneiksenne abessive assapanittanne assapaneittanne instructive — — comitative — assapaneinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative assapaninsa assapaninsa accusative nom. assapaninsa assapaninsa gen. assapaninsa genitive assapaninsa assapaniensa partitive assapaniaan assapaniansa assapanejaan assapanejansa inessive assapanissaan assapanissansa assapaneissaan assapaneissansa elative assapanistaan assapanistansa assapaneistaan assapaneistansa illative assapaniinsa assapaneihinsa adessive assapanillaan assapanillansa assapaneillaan assapaneillansa ablative assapaniltaan assapaniltansa assapaneiltaan assapaneiltansa allative assapanilleen assapanillensa assapaneilleen assapaneillensa essive assapaninaan assapaninansa assapaneinaan assapaneinansa translative assapanikseen assapaniksensa assapaneikseen assapaneiksensa abessive assapanittaan assapanittansa assapaneittaan assapaneittansa instructive — — comitative — assapaneineen assapaneinensa