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sintu

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Perhaps derived from sini (blue), on the logic that skimmed milk is 'blue' after the 'yellow' cream has been removed.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsintu/, [ˈs̠in̪t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -intu
  • Hyphenation(key): sin‧tu

Noun

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sintu (dialectal)

  1. skimmed milk, skim milk
  2. milk diluted with water to increase its volume

Declension

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Inflection of sintu (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)
nominative sintu sinnut
genitive sinnun sintujen
partitive sintua sintuja
illative sintuun sintuihin
singular plural
nominative sintu sinnut
accusative nom. sintu sinnut
gen. sinnun
genitive sinnun sintujen
partitive sintua sintuja
inessive sinnussa sinnuissa
elative sinnusta sinnuista
illative sintuun sintuihin
adessive sinnulla sinnuilla
ablative sinnulta sinnuilta
allative sinnulle sinnuille
essive sintuna sintuina
translative sinnuksi sinnuiksi
abessive sinnutta sinnuitta
instructive sinnuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sintu (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sintuni sintuni
accusative nom. sintuni sintuni
gen. sintuni
genitive sintuni sintujeni
partitive sintuani sintujani
inessive sinnussani sinnuissani
elative sinnustani sinnuistani
illative sintuuni sintuihini
adessive sinnullani sinnuillani
ablative sinnultani sinnuiltani
allative sinnulleni sinnuilleni
essive sintunani sintuinani
translative sinnukseni sinnuikseni
abessive sinnuttani sinnuittani
instructive
comitative sintuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sintusi sintusi
accusative nom. sintusi sintusi
gen. sintusi
genitive sintusi sintujesi
partitive sintuasi sintujasi
inessive sinnussasi sinnuissasi
elative sinnustasi sinnuistasi
illative sintuusi sintuihisi
adessive sinnullasi sinnuillasi
ablative sinnultasi sinnuiltasi
allative sinnullesi sinnuillesi
essive sintunasi sintuinasi
translative sinnuksesi sinnuiksesi
abessive sinnuttasi sinnuittasi
instructive
comitative sintuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sintumme sintumme
accusative nom. sintumme sintumme
gen. sintumme
genitive sintumme sintujemme
partitive sintuamme sintujamme
inessive sinnussamme sinnuissamme
elative sinnustamme sinnuistamme
illative sintuumme sintuihimme
adessive sinnullamme sinnuillamme
ablative sinnultamme sinnuiltamme
allative sinnullemme sinnuillemme
essive sintunamme sintuinamme
translative sinnuksemme sinnuiksemme
abessive sinnuttamme sinnuittamme
instructive
comitative sintuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sintunne sintunne
accusative nom. sintunne sintunne
gen. sintunne
genitive sintunne sintujenne
partitive sintuanne sintujanne
inessive sinnussanne sinnuissanne
elative sinnustanne sinnuistanne
illative sintuunne sintuihinne
adessive sinnullanne sinnuillanne
ablative sinnultanne sinnuiltanne
allative sinnullenne sinnuillenne
essive sintunanne sintuinanne
translative sinnuksenne sinnuiksenne
abessive sinnuttanne sinnuittanne
instructive
comitative sintuinenne

References

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  1. ^ Kivinen, Ilona (2007) Värinnimitysten synty suomalais-ugrilaisissa kielissä, lähtökohtana ’musta’ [Origin of colour names in Finno-Ugric languages, starting with 'black']‎[1], page 47

Anagrams

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Noun

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sintu class 7

  1. simple singular of isíntu