kannu
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kannu
- jug, pitcher
- pot (teapot or coffee pot)
- ewer
- (historical) unit of measure for volume equivalent to around 2.6 litres
Declension
Inflection of kannu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kannu | kannut | ||
genitive | kannun | kannujen | ||
partitive | kannua | kannuja | ||
illative | kannuun | kannuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kannu | kannut | ||
accusative | nom. | kannu | kannut | |
gen. | kannun | |||
genitive | kannun | kannujen | ||
partitive | kannua | kannuja | ||
inessive | kannussa | kannuissa | ||
elative | kannusta | kannuista | ||
illative | kannuun | kannuihin | ||
adessive | kannulla | kannuilla | ||
ablative | kannulta | kannuilta | ||
allative | kannulle | kannuille | ||
essive | kannuna | kannuina | ||
translative | kannuksi | kannuiksi | ||
abessive | kannutta | kannuitta | ||
instructive | — | kannuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
Inari Sami
Etymology
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Noun
kannu
Inflection
Even u-stem, nˈn-ṇ gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | kannu | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | kaaṇu | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | kannu | kaaṇuh | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | kaaṇu | kaaṇuid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | kaaṇu | kaṇui kaaṇui | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | kaaṇun | kannoid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | kaaṇust | kaaṇuin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | kannoin | kaṇuiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Abessive | kaṇuttáá | kaṇuittáá | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | kannun | |||||||||||||||||||||
Partitive | kannud | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland