kullileva

Ingrian

Kullileva.

Etymology

From kulli (“male”) +‎ leva (“lion”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkulːiˌleʋɑ/, [ˈkulʲːĭˌlʲe̞ʋɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkulːiˌleʋɑ/, [ˈkulːiˌle̞ʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -eʋɑ
• Hyphenation: kul‧li‧le‧va

Noun

kullileva

1. male lion
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 52:

     Kullileva imikost erittäijää sil, jot kulliil ono suur harja.

     The male lion differs from the female in that the male has a large mane.

Declension

Declension of kullileva (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kullileva	kullilevat
genitive	kullilevan	kullilevvoin
partitive	kullilevvaa	kullilevoja
illative	kullilevvaa	kullilevvoi
inessive	kullilevas	kullilevois
elative	kullilevast	kullilevoist
allative	kullilevalle	kullilevoille
adessive	kullileval	kullilevoil
ablative	kullilevalt	kullilevoilt
translative	kullilevaks	kullilevoiks
essive	kullilevanna, kullilevvaan	kullilevoinna, kullilevvoin
exessive1)	kullilevant	kullilevoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Coordinate terms

• imikkoleva (“lioness”)