kinttu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kinttu, from the same root as *kinder (whence kinner). Cognate with Ingrian kinttu (“thigh”), Karelian kinttu (“foot, calf, thigh, ham”), Votic kintud (“thighs”), Estonian kint.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kinttu
- (zoology) tarsus (of an animal; the part of the foot between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus)
- (colloquial) foot, leg
- Synonyms: jalka, kontti, potka
- housut kintuissa ― with one's pants down
Declension edit
Inflection of kinttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kinttu | kintut | ||
genitive | kintun | kinttujen | ||
partitive | kinttua | kinttuja | ||
illative | kinttuun | kinttuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kinttu | kintut | ||
accusative | nom. | kinttu | kintut | |
gen. | kintun | |||
genitive | kintun | kinttujen | ||
partitive | kinttua | kinttuja | ||
inessive | kintussa | kintuissa | ||
elative | kintusta | kintuista | ||
illative | kinttuun | kinttuihin | ||
adessive | kintulla | kintuilla | ||
ablative | kintulta | kintuilta | ||
allative | kintulle | kintuille | ||
essive | kinttuna | kinttuina | ||
translative | kintuksi | kintuiksi | ||
abessive | kintutta | kintuitta | ||
instructive | — | kintuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
References edit
Further reading edit
- “kinttu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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