satakieli

Finnish

Etymology

sata (“hundred”) +‎ kieli (“tongue”)

Noun

satakieli

  1. Any of the birds in genus Luscinia, in Finnish satakielet. Individual species are called robin, rubythroat, nightingale and bluethroat in English.
  2. The thrush nightingale (sprosser), Luscinia luscinia.
  3. A commonly, and erroneously, used name of etelänsatakieli, the common nightingale, nightingale or rufous nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos.

Usage notes

"Nightingale" is often translated into Finnish as satakieli. This is an error, since the bird called nightingale in English is a southern species and does not normally appear in Finland. The bird called satakieli in Finland is thrush nightingale in English.

Declension
Inflection of satakieli (Kotus type 26/pieni, no gradation)
nominative satakieli satakielet
genitive satakielen satakielten
satakielien
partitive satakieltä satakieliä
illative satakieleen satakieliin
singular plural
nominative satakieli satakielet
accusative nom. satakieli satakielet
gen. satakielen
genitive satakielen satakielten
satakielien
partitive satakieltä satakieliä
inessive satakielessä satakielissä
elative satakielestä satakielistä
illative satakieleen satakieliin
adessive satakielellä satakielillä
ablative satakieleltä satakieliltä
allative satakielelle satakielille
essive satakielenä satakielinä
translative satakieleksi satakieliksi
instructive — satakielin
abessive satakielettä satakielittä
comitative — satakielineen

Synonyms
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