kanalintu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kanalintu
- 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 edit
Inflection 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 edit
compounds
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