Finnish

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Etymology

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kurkun (of throat) +‎ kansi (lid)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkurkunˌkɑnsi/, [ˈkurkuŋˌkɑ̝ns̠i]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnsi
  • Syllabification(key): kur‧kun‧kan‧si
  • Hyphenation(key): kurkun‧kansi

Noun

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kurkunkansi

  1. (anatomy) epiglottis

Declension

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Inflection of kurkunkansi (Kotus type 28*J/kynsi, nt-nn gradation)
nominative kurkunkansi kurkunkannet
genitive kurkunkannen kurkunkansien
partitive kurkunkantta kurkunkansia
illative kurkunkanteen kurkunkansiin
singular plural
nominative kurkunkansi kurkunkannet
accusative nom. kurkunkansi kurkunkannet
gen. kurkunkannen
genitive kurkunkannen kurkunkansien
kurkunkantten rare
partitive kurkunkantta kurkunkansia
inessive kurkunkannessa kurkunkansissa
elative kurkunkannesta kurkunkansista
illative kurkunkanteen kurkunkansiin
adessive kurkunkannella kurkunkansilla
ablative kurkunkannelta kurkunkansilta
allative kurkunkannelle kurkunkansille
essive kurkunkantena kurkunkansina
translative kurkunkanneksi kurkunkansiksi
abessive kurkunkannetta kurkunkansitta
instructive kurkunkansin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kurkunkansi (Kotus type 28*J/kynsi, nt-nn gradation)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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