paksoi
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Cantonese 白菜 (baak6 coi3, “white vegetable”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpaksoi
- bok choy, Chinese mustard, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis (East Asian leafy vegetable)
Usage notes
edit- In English the term Chinese cabbage is used to refer to a group of cultivars of Brassica rapa that includes Brassica rapa ssp. chinensis and Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis, the latter called kiinankaali (lit. "Chinese cabbage") in Finnish.
Declension
editInflection of paksoi (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | paksoi | paksoit | |
genitive | paksoin | paksoiden paksoitten | |
partitive | paksoita | paksoita | |
illative | paksoihin | paksoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | paksoi | paksoit | |
accusative | nom. | paksoi | paksoit |
gen. | paksoin | ||
genitive | paksoin | paksoiden paksoitten | |
partitive | paksoita | paksoita | |
inessive | paksoissa | paksoissa | |
elative | paksoista | paksoista | |
illative | paksoihin | paksoihin | |
adessive | paksoilla | paksoilla | |
ablative | paksoilta | paksoilta | |
allative | paksoille | paksoille | |
essive | paksoina | paksoina | |
translative | paksoiksi | paksoiksi | |
abessive | paksoitta | paksoitta | |
instructive | — | paksoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “paksoi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03