kalanruoto
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kalan (“fish's”) + ruoto (“bone of a fish”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kalanruoto
- A fishbone.
- A skeleton of a fish. In this sense often preceded by the word kokonainen (“entire”).
Usage notes
[edit]The word ruoto alone means "fishbone", but it has other senses as well. Term kalanruoto is sometimes used to avoid ambiguity.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kalanruoto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | kalanruoto | kalanruodot | |
genitive | kalanruodon | kalanruotojen | |
partitive | kalanruotoa | kalanruotoja | |
illative | kalanruotoon | kalanruotoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kalanruoto | kalanruodot | |
accusative | nom. | kalanruoto | kalanruodot |
gen. | kalanruodon | ||
genitive | kalanruodon | kalanruotojen | |
partitive | kalanruotoa | kalanruotoja | |
inessive | kalanruodossa | kalanruodoissa | |
elative | kalanruodosta | kalanruodoista | |
illative | kalanruotoon | kalanruotoihin | |
adessive | kalanruodolla | kalanruodoilla | |
ablative | kalanruodolta | kalanruodoilta | |
allative | kalanruodolle | kalanruodoille | |
essive | kalanruotona | kalanruotoina | |
translative | kalanruodoksi | kalanruodoiksi | |
abessive | kalanruodotta | kalanruodoitta | |
instructive | — | kalanruodoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “kalanruoto”, 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