vainu
See also: vaiņu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Old East Slavic [script needed] (vonjú), accusative of [script needed] (vonja); compare Russian вонь (vonʹ, “stench, smell”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vainu
- scent (odour of a game animal as a trace sensed by a predator)
- Kun koira saa vainun, se voi seurata hirveä tuntikausia.
- When a dog gets the scent, it can chase an elk for several hours.
- scent, sense of smell of an animal, especially of a hunting animal
- Tällä rodulla on erinomainen vainu.
- This breed's got an excellent scent.
- (figuratively) hunch, scent
- nose (skill in recognizing valuable information)
- Martilla on hyvä liikevainu.
- Martti has a good nose for business.
Declension edit
Inflection of vainu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | vainu | vainut | ||
genitive | vainun | vainujen | ||
partitive | vainua | vainuja | ||
illative | vainuun | vainuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | vainu | vainut | ||
accusative | nom. | vainu | vainut | |
gen. | vainun | |||
genitive | vainun | vainujen | ||
partitive | vainua | vainuja | ||
inessive | vainussa | vainuissa | ||
elative | vainusta | vainuista | ||
illative | vainuun | vainuihin | ||
adessive | vainulla | vainuilla | ||
ablative | vainulta | vainuilta | ||
allative | vainulle | vainuille | ||
essive | vainuna | vainuina | ||
translative | vainuksi | vainuiksi | ||
abessive | vainutta | vainuitta | ||
instructive | — | vainuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
verbs
compounds
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “vainu”, 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 2023-07-04
Anagrams edit
Latvian edit
Noun edit
vainu f
- inflection of vaina: