# assapan
## English
### Etymology

From Eastern Algonquian, probably Powhatan, first recorded as assapanick in 1706.

### Noun

assapan (plural assapans)
* (Southern US, now uncommon) A southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans), found in the southern and eastern United States.
    Synonym: assapanick
** 1875, John George Wood, Trespassers: showing how the inhabitants of earth, air, and water are enabled to trespass on domains not their own, page 299:Other Taguans and Assapans belong to the genus Sciuropterus, or winged squirrels. Like most of the active rodents, the Flying Squirrels are very capable of domestication, and will soon learn to prefer the society of human beings […] .
** 1896, Brehm's Life of animals, translated from the third German edition by Pechuel-Loesche, Haacke and Schmidtlein, page 312:
    A very keen observation, prolonged for some time, is necessary to follow an Assapan at all, to distinguish and understand the purport of its different movements, […]
** 1909, Wallace Rice, Animals: a popular natural history of wild beasts, page 66:
    Assapans are fond of living in colonies, and where they have not been disturbed come together in great numbers for what can be no other purpose than play.

### References

* ↑ Chamberlain, Alexander F. (1902 October–December) “Algonkian Words in American English: A Study in the Contact of the White Man and The Indian”, in The Journal of American Folk-Lore‎, volume XV, number LIX, American Folk-Lore Society, →DOI, page 241
* ↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Assapan”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 499, column 2.
* ↑ Charles L. Cutler (2000) O Brave New Words!: Native American Loanwords in Current English‎, page 158

## Finnish
### Etymology

< English assapan

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑsːɑpɑn/, [ˈɑ̝s̠ːɑ̝pɑ̝n]
* Rhymes: -ɑsːɑpɑn
* Hyphenation: as‧sa‧pan

### Noun

assapan (dated)
* Synonym of amerikanliito-orava (“Glaucomys volans”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of assapan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
assapanini
assapanini
accusative
nom.
assapanini
assapanini
gen.
assapanini
genitive
assapanini
assapanieni
partitive
assapaniani
assapanejani
inessive
assapanissani
assapaneissani
elative
assapanistani
assapaneistani
illative
assapaniini
assapaneihini
adessive
assapanillani
assapaneillani
ablative
assapaniltani
assapaneiltani
allative
assapanilleni
assapaneilleni
essive
assapaninani
assapaneinani
translative
assapanikseni
assapaneikseni
abessive
assapanittani
assapaneittani
instructive
comitative
—assapaneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
assapanisi
assapanisi
accusative
nom.
assapanisi
assapanisi
gen.
assapanisi
genitive
assapanisi
assapaniesi
partitive
assapaniasi
assapanejasi
inessive
assapanissasi
assapaneissasi
elative
assapanistasi
assapaneistasi
illative
assapaniisi
assapaneihisi
adessive
assapanillasi
assapaneillasi
ablative
assapaniltasi
assapaneiltasi
allative
assapanillesi
assapaneillesi
essive
assapaninasi
assapaneinasi
translative
assapaniksesi
assapaneiksesi
abessive
assapanittasi
assapaneittasi
instructive
comitative
—assapaneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
assapanimme
assapanimme
accusative
nom.
assapanimme
assapanimme
gen.
assapanimme
genitive
assapanimme
assapaniemme
partitive
assapaniamme
assapanejamme
inessive
assapanissamme
assapaneissamme
elative
assapanistamme
assapaneistamme
illative
assapaniimme
assapaneihimme
adessive
assapanillamme
assapaneillamme
ablative
assapaniltamme
assapaneiltamme
allative
assapanillemme
assapaneillemme
essive
assapaninamme
assapaneinamme
translative
assapaniksemme
assapaneiksemme
abessive
assapanittamme
assapaneittamme
instructive
comitative
—assapaneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
assapaninne
assapaninne
accusative
nom.
assapaninne
assapaninne
gen.
assapaninne
genitive
assapaninne
assapanienne
partitive
assapanianne
assapanejanne
inessive
assapanissanne
assapaneissanne
elative
assapanistanne
assapaneistanne
illative
assapaniinne
assapaneihinne
adessive
assapanillanne
assapaneillanne
ablative
assapaniltanne
assapaneiltanne
allative
assapanillenne
assapaneillenne
essive
assapaninanne
assapaneinanne
translative
assapaniksenne
assapaneiksenne
abessive
assapanittanne
assapaneittanne
instructive
comitative
—assapaneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
assapaninsa
assapaninsa
accusative
nom.
assapaninsa
assapaninsa
gen.
assapaninsa
genitive
assapaninsa
assapaniensa
partitive
assapaniaan assapaniansa
assapanejaan assapanejansa
inessive
assapanissaan assapanissansa
assapaneissaan assapaneissansa
elative
assapanistaan assapanistansa
assapaneistaan assapaneistansa
illative
assapaniinsa
assapaneihinsa
adessive
assapanillaan assapanillansa
assapaneillaan assapaneillansa
ablative
assapaniltaan assapaniltansa
assapaneiltaan assapaneiltansa
allative
assapanilleen assapanillensa
assapaneilleen assapaneillensa
essive
assapaninaan assapaninansa
assapaneinaan assapaneinansa
translative
assapanikseen assapaniksensa
assapaneikseen assapaneiksensa
abessive
assapanittaan assapanittansa
assapaneittaan assapaneittansa
instructive
comitative
—assapaneineen assapaneinensa :