kalanruoto
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
kalan (“fish's”) + ruoto (“bone of a fish”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalanruoto
- A fishbone.
- A skeleton of a fish. In this sense often preceded by the word kokonainen (“entire”).
Usage notes edit
The word ruoto alone means "fishbone", but it has other senses as well. Term kalanruoto is sometimes used to avoid ambiguity.
Declension edit
Inflection of kalanruoto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kalanruoto | kalanruodot | ||
genitive | kalanruodon | kalanruotojen | ||
partitive | kalanruotoa | kalanruotoja | ||
illative | kalanruotoon | kalanruotoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kalanruoto | kalanruodot | ||
accusative | nom. | kalanruoto | kalanruodot | |
gen. | kalanruodon | |||
genitive | kalanruodon | kalanruotojen | ||
partitive | kalanruotoa | kalanruotoja | ||
inessive | kalanruodossa | kalanruodoissa | ||
elative | kalanruodosta | kalanruodoista | ||
illative | kalanruotoon | kalanruotoihin | ||
adessive | kalanruodolla | kalanruodoilla | ||
ablative | kalanruodolta | kalanruodoilta | ||
allative | kalanruodolle | kalanruodoille | ||
essive | kalanruotona | kalanruotoina | ||
translative | kalanruodoksi | kalanruodoiksi | ||
abessive | kalanruodotta | kalanruodoitta | ||
instructive | — | kalanruodoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds edit
Further reading edit
- “kalanruoto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02