kuore

Finnish

Etymology

Related with Russian корюшка (kór'uška), but it's unclear which language is the origin.

Noun

kuore

  1. European smelt, sparling (Osmerus eperlanus)
  2. smelt; also freshwater smelt, true smelt to distinguish from saltwater fish of other taxonomic families in the order Osmeriformes (any fish of family Osmeridae)
  3. herring smelt; more precisely called sillikuore in Finnish (any fish of the family Argentinidae)

Declension

Inflection of kuore (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative kuore kuoreet
genitive kuoreen kuoreiden
kuoreitten
partitive kuoretta kuoreita
illative kuoreeseen kuoreisiin
kuoreihin
singular plural
nominative kuore kuoreet
accusative nom. kuore kuoreet
gen. kuoreen
genitive kuoreen kuoreiden
kuoreitten
partitive kuoretta kuoreita
inessive kuoreessa kuoreissa
elative kuoreesta kuoreista
illative kuoreeseen kuoreisiin
kuoreihin
adessive kuoreella kuoreilla
ablative kuoreelta kuoreilta
allative kuoreelle kuoreille
essive kuoreena kuoreina
translative kuoreeksi kuoreiksi
instructive kuorein
abessive kuoreetta kuoreitta
comitative kuoreineen

Synonyms

  • (Osmerus eperlanus): norssi
  • (herring smelt): sillikuore

Hypernyms

  • kuorekala (fish of the order Osmeriformes)

Derived terms

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