gnuu
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gnuu
- Alternative spelling of gnu (“wildebeest”).
Usage notes
[edit]- This is the form preferred by the Institute for the languages of Finland (Kielitoimisto). However, the zoologists seem to prefer to spell the word with a single "u".
Declension
[edit]Inflection of gnuu (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | gnuu | gnuut | |
genitive | gnuun | gnuiden gnuitten | |
partitive | gnuuta | gnuita | |
illative | gnuuhun | gnuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | gnuu | gnuut | |
accusative | nom. | gnuu | gnuut |
gen. | gnuun | ||
genitive | gnuun | gnuiden gnuitten | |
partitive | gnuuta | gnuita | |
inessive | gnuussa | gnuissa | |
elative | gnuusta | gnuista | |
illative | gnuuhun | gnuihin | |
adessive | gnuulla | gnuilla | |
ablative | gnuulta | gnuilta | |
allative | gnuulle | gnuille | |
essive | gnuuna | gnuina | |
translative | gnuuksi | gnuiksi | |
abessive | gnuutta | gnuitta | |
instructive | — | gnuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “gnuu”, 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