Noun type: 12
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | apina |
| Partitive | apinaa |
| Genetive | apinan |
| Accusative | apinan |
| Inessive | apinassa |
| Elative | apinasta |
| Illative | apinaan |
| Adessive | apinalla |
| Ablative | apinalta |
| Allative | apinalle |
| Essive | apinana |
| Translative | apinaksi |
| Abessive | apinatta |
Plural
| Nominative | apinat |
| Partitive | apinoita |
| Genetive | apinoiden; apinoitten |
| Accusative | apinat |
| Inessive | apinoissa |
| Elative | apinoista |
| Illative | apinoihin |
| Adessive | apinoilla |
| Ablative | apinoilta |
| Allative | apinoille |
| Essive | apinoina |
| Translative | apinoiksi |
| Abessive | apinoitta |
| Instructive | apinain |
| Comitative | apinaine |
Sample Sentences
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Simpanssien tiedetään muodostavan laumoja ja metsästävän muita apinoita. (Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.)
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Old Swedish apina, apinia (compare Swedish apinja), from Old Norse apynja (“female monkey”). Compare Old Norse api. See: Old Norse Nouns '
apynja', Old Norse Nouns '
api'.
Nouns inflected like apina
aaria,
aerobiologia,
afasia,
agorafobia,
agronomia,
ahdistelija,
ahnehtija,
ajattelija,
akana,
akasia,
akatemia,
akkuna,
akrobatia,
albania,
alkemia,
allegoria,
allergia,
aloittelija,
ambiofonia,
ambrosia, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)