kanalintu
Appearance
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