Noun type: 12
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | akana |
| Partitive | akanaa |
| Genetive | akanan |
| Accusative | akanan |
| Inessive | akanassa |
| Elative | akanasta |
| Illative | akanaan |
| Adessive | akanalla |
| Ablative | akanalta |
| Allative | akanalle |
| Essive | akanana |
| Translative | akanaksi |
| Abessive | akanatta |
Plural
| Nominative | akanat |
| Partitive | akanoita |
| Genetive | akanoiden; akanoitten |
| Accusative | akanat |
| Inessive | akanoissa |
| Elative | akanoista |
| Illative | akanoihin |
| Adessive | akanoilla |
| Ablative | akanoilta |
| Allative | akanoille |
| Essive | akanoina |
| Translative | akanoiksi |
| Abessive | akanoitta |
| Instructive | akanain |
| Comitative | akanaine |
Sample Sentences
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Akanoiden erottamiseksi varhaisissa kulttuureissa heitettiin viljaa ilmaan ja annettiin tuulen puhaltaa pois kevyemmät akanat. (To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff.)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *akana (compare Estonian agan, Livonian agānd, Votic akanõ), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *aganō (“chaff”) (compare Swedish agn). Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (output c. 1543–1552). See: Swedish Nouns '
agn'.
Nouns inflected like akana
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)