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kivakurkku

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Finnish

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Etymology

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kiva +‎ kurkku, perhaps a marketing name based on kiwano being associated with kiva (nice, fun, neat).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkiʋɑˌkurkːu/, [ˈk̟iʋɑ̝ˌkurkːu]
  • Rhymes: -urkːu
  • Hyphenation(key): kiva‧kurkku

Noun

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kivakurkku

  1. horned melon

Declension

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Inflection of kivakurkku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation)
nominative kivakurkku kivakurkut
genitive kivakurkun kivakurkkujen
partitive kivakurkkua kivakurkkuja
illative kivakurkkuun kivakurkkuihin
singular plural
nominative kivakurkku kivakurkut
accusative nom. kivakurkku kivakurkut
gen. kivakurkun
genitive kivakurkun kivakurkkujen
partitive kivakurkkua kivakurkkuja
inessive kivakurkussa kivakurkuissa
elative kivakurkusta kivakurkuista
illative kivakurkkuun kivakurkkuihin
adessive kivakurkulla kivakurkuilla
ablative kivakurkulta kivakurkuilta
allative kivakurkulle kivakurkuille
essive kivakurkkuna kivakurkkuina
translative kivakurkuksi kivakurkuiksi
abessive kivakurkutta kivakurkuitta
instructive kivakurkuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kivakurkku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation)

Further reading

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