kanalintu
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkanalintu
- galliform, gallinaceous bird (bird of the order Galliformes)
- gamefowl, landfowl, fowl (bird of the order Galliformes, especially when hunted for food)
Usage notes
edit- The term kanalintu refers strictly to gallinaceous birds, but "fowl" may be used also of some other domestic or wild birds which are kept or hunted for food, notably ducks and geese.
Declension
editInflection of kanalintu (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation) | |||
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nominative | kanalintu | kanalinnut | |
genitive | kanalinnun | kanalintujen | |
partitive | kanalintua | kanalintuja | |
illative | kanalintuun | kanalintuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kanalintu | kanalinnut | |
accusative | nom. | kanalintu | kanalinnut |
gen. | kanalinnun | ||
genitive | kanalinnun | kanalintujen | |
partitive | kanalintua | kanalintuja | |
inessive | kanalinnussa | kanalinnuissa | |
elative | kanalinnusta | kanalinnuista | |
illative | kanalintuun | kanalintuihin | |
adessive | kanalinnulla | kanalinnuilla | |
ablative | kanalinnulta | kanalinnuilta | |
allative | kanalinnulle | kanalinnuille | |
essive | kanalintuna | kanalintuina | |
translative | kanalinnuksi | kanalinnuiksi | |
abessive | kanalinnutta | kanalinnuitta | |
instructive | — | kanalinnuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (gamefowl): metsäkana
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “kanalintu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02