rapuvoi

Finnish

Etymology

rapu (crayfish, crab) + voi (butter)

Noun

rapuvoi

  1. crab butter (greasy yellow-to-white jelly-like substance that accumulates on the inside of the shell of a crayfish or a crab)
  2. tomalley, also crab butter (hepatopancreas of a crayfish when consumed as food, considered as delicacy by many, especially in Sweden and coastal Finland)
  3. Butter flavored by simmering it with crayfish shells, used e.g. as base for soups.

Usage notes

The second sense ("hepatopancreas") may be considered erroneous, as there's a separate Finnish term maksahaima for it. The error derives from Swedish, as this part of the crayfish is often called kräftsmör in Swedish, which translates directly to rapuvoi. See also Swedish Wikipedia on Kräftsmör.

Declension

Inflection of rapuvoi (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative rapuvoi rapuvoit
genitive rapuvoin rapuvoiden
rapuvoitten
partitive rapuvoita rapuvoita
illative rapuvoihin rapuvoihin
singular plural
nominative rapuvoi rapuvoit
accusative nom. rapuvoi rapuvoit
gen. rapuvoin
genitive rapuvoin rapuvoiden
rapuvoitten
partitive rapuvoita rapuvoita
inessive rapuvoissa rapuvoissa
elative rapuvoista rapuvoista
illative rapuvoihin rapuvoihin
adessive rapuvoilla rapuvoilla
ablative rapuvoilta rapuvoilta
allative rapuvoille rapuvoille
essive rapuvoina rapuvoina
translative rapuvoiksi rapuvoiksi
instructive rapuvoin
abessive rapuvoitta rapuvoitta
comitative rapuvoineen

See also

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