linnunmaito
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]linnun (“bird's”) + maito (“milk”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]linnunmaito (informal)
- nectar (delicious drink)
- Kermalikööri on kuin linnunmaitoa.
- Cream liquor is good as a nectar (lit. ..is like bird's milk).
Usage notes
[edit]- Used especially of smooth-tasting alcoholic beverages, usually as comparison (see example above). The Finnish word nektari typically refers to a rich and delicious fruit drink. Thus a delicious wine might be either.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of linnunmaito (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | linnunmaito | linnunmaidot | |
genitive | linnunmaidon | linnunmaitojen | |
partitive | linnunmaitoa | linnunmaitoja | |
illative | linnunmaitoon | linnunmaitoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | linnunmaito | linnunmaidot | |
accusative | nom. | linnunmaito | linnunmaidot |
gen. | linnunmaidon | ||
genitive | linnunmaidon | linnunmaitojen | |
partitive | linnunmaitoa | linnunmaitoja | |
inessive | linnunmaidossa | linnunmaidoissa | |
elative | linnunmaidosta | linnunmaidoista | |
illative | linnunmaitoon | linnunmaitoihin | |
adessive | linnunmaidolla | linnunmaidoilla | |
ablative | linnunmaidolta | linnunmaidoilta | |
allative | linnunmaidolle | linnunmaidoille | |
essive | linnunmaitona | linnunmaitoina | |
translative | linnunmaidoksi | linnunmaidoiksi | |
abessive | linnunmaidotta | linnunmaidoitta | |
instructive | — | linnunmaidoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “linnunmaito”, 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 2023-07-03