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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]inia
Etymology 2
[edit]From the genus name.
Noun
[edit]inia (plural inias)
- (zoology) Any South American freshwater dolphin of genus (Inia), with a hairy snout.
References
[edit]Inia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Inia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From translingual Inia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]inia
Usage notes
[edit]- The genus was formerly regarded as consisting of only one species, but is now divided into four. The indidvidual species don't seem to have accepted Finnish common names as of May 2022.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of inia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | inia | iniat | |
genitive | inian | inioiden inioitten | |
partitive | iniaa | inioita | |
illative | iniaan | inioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | inia | iniat | |
accusative | nom. | inia | iniat |
gen. | inian | ||
genitive | inian | inioiden inioitten iniain rare | |
partitive | iniaa | inioita | |
inessive | iniassa | inioissa | |
elative | iniasta | inioista | |
illative | iniaan | inioihin | |
adessive | inialla | inioilla | |
ablative | inialta | inioilta | |
allative | inialle | inioille | |
essive | iniana | inioina | |
translative | iniaksi | inioiksi | |
abessive | iniatta | inioitta | |
instructive | — | inioin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- amazonasinjokidelfiini (dated)
Italian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Inia-2.jpg/250px-Inia-2.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From translingual Inia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]inia f (plural inie)
- Amazon River dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)
- Synonym: bonto
See also
[edit]Kikuyu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Causative form of kũina (“to dance”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]inia (infinitive kũinia)
Derived terms
[edit](Proverbs)
References
[edit]- ^ “ina” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Categories:
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- English plurals in -a with singular in -um or -on
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Zoology
- en:Cetaceans
- Finnish terms derived from Translingual
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iniɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/iniɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- Italian terms derived from Translingual
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/inja
- Rhymes:Italian/inja/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Cetaceans
- Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation
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