kurg

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki.

Noun

kurg (genitive kure, partitive kurge)

1. crane (bird of the genus Grus)
2. (colloquial) stork

Declension

Declension of kurg (ÕS type 22i/külm, g-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kurg	kured
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kure
genitive			kurgede
partitive		kurge	kurgi kurgesid
illative		kurge kuresse	kurgedesse kurisse
inessive		kures	kurgedes kuris
elative		kurest	kurgedest kurist
allative		kurele	kurgedele kurile
adessive		kurel	kurgedel kuril
ablative		kurelt	kurgedelt kurilt
translative		kureks	kurgedeks kuriks
terminative		kureni	kurgedeni
essive		kurena	kurgedena
abessive		kureta	kurgedeta
comitative		kurega	kurgedega

Synonyms

• toonekurg (stork):

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki.

Noun

kurg

1. crane

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kurki.

Noun

kurg

1. crane (bird)

Inflection

Inflection of kurg (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing.	kurg
genitive sing.	kurgen
partitive sing.	kurged
partitive plur.	kurgid
	singular	plural
nominative	kurg	kurged
accusative	kurgen	kurged
genitive	kurgen	kurgiden
partitive	kurged	kurgid
essive-instructive	kurgen	kurgin
translative	kurgeks	kurgikš
inessive	kurges	kurgiš
elative	kurgespäi	kurgišpäi
illative	kurgehe	kurgihe
adessive	kurgel	kurgil
ablative	kurgelpäi	kurgilpäi
allative	kurgele	kurgile
abessive	kurgeta	kurgita
comitative	kurgenke	kurgidenke
prolative	kurgedme	kurgidme
approximative I	kurgenno	kurgidenno
approximative II	kurgennoks	kurgidennoks
egressive	kurgennopäi	kurgidennopäi
terminative I	kurgehesai	kurgihesai
terminative II	kurgelesai	kurgilesai
terminative III	kurgessai	—
additive I	kurgehepäi	kurgihepäi
additive II	kurgelepäi	kurgilepäi

Derived terms

• kurgenherneh

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “журавль”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika