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cunningham

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See also: Cunningham

English

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Etymology

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Named after its inventor, Briggs Cunningham.

Noun

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cunningham (plural cunninghams)

  1. (nautical) A downhaul located at the tack of a sail, used for tightening the luff.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English cunningham.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cunningham

  1. (nautical) cunningham

Declension

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Inflection of cunningham (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative cunningham cunninghamit
genitive cunninghamin cunninghamien
partitive cunninghamia cunninghameja
illative cunninghamiin cunninghameihin
singular plural
nominative cunningham cunninghamit
accusative nom. cunningham cunninghamit
gen. cunninghamin
genitive cunninghamin cunninghamien
partitive cunninghamia cunninghameja
inessive cunninghamissa cunninghameissa
elative cunninghamista cunninghameista
illative cunninghamiin cunninghameihin
adessive cunninghamilla cunninghameilla
ablative cunninghamilta cunninghameilta
allative cunninghamille cunninghameille
essive cunninghamina cunninghameina
translative cunninghamiksi cunninghameiksi
abessive cunninghamitta cunninghameitta
instructive cunninghamein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of cunningham (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

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