lintukoto
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]lintu + koto, "home of birds"
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lintukoto
- (Finnic mythology) A paradise-like place where birds migrate every winter; because it was located near the edge of the sky dome, the sky was very close to the ground and therefore its inhabitants were dwarfs.
- (figuratively) A place like a paradise.
Usage notes
[edit]In its modern usage lintukoto usually refers to Finland (or a place in Finland), and the phrase Suomi ei ole lintukoto (“Finland is not a safe country”) is often heard in political contexts.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of lintukoto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | lintukoto | lintukodot | |
genitive | lintukodon | lintukotojen | |
partitive | lintukotoa | lintukotoja | |
illative | lintukotoon | lintukotoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lintukoto | lintukodot | |
accusative | nom. | lintukoto | lintukodot |
gen. | lintukodon | ||
genitive | lintukodon | lintukotojen | |
partitive | lintukotoa | lintukotoja | |
inessive | lintukodossa | lintukodoissa | |
elative | lintukodosta | lintukodoista | |
illative | lintukotoon | lintukotoihin | |
adessive | lintukodolla | lintukodoilla | |
ablative | lintukodolta | lintukodoilta | |
allative | lintukodolle | lintukodoille | |
essive | lintukotona | lintukotoina | |
translative | lintukodoksi | lintukodoiksi | |
abessive | lintukodotta | lintukodoitta | |
instructive | — | lintukodoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lintukoto”, 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