kihu
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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Sound-symbolic in reference to the skua's fast flight speed.[1]
Noun[edit]
kihu
- skua, jaeger (bird of the genus Stercorarius)
- (in the plural) the genus Stercorarius or the family Stercorariidae.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kihu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kihu | kihut | ||
genitive | kihun | kihujen | ||
partitive | kihua | kihuja | ||
illative | kihuun | kihuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kihu | kihut | ||
accusative | nom. | kihu | kihut | |
gen. | kihun | |||
genitive | kihun | kihujen | ||
partitive | kihua | kihuja | ||
inessive | kihussa | kihuissa | ||
elative | kihusta | kihuista | ||
illative | kihuun | kihuihin | ||
adessive | kihulla | kihuilla | ||
ablative | kihulta | kihuilta | ||
allative | kihulle | kihuille | ||
essive | kihuna | kihuina | ||
translative | kihuksi | kihuiksi | ||
abessive | kihutta | kihuitta | ||
instructive | — | kihuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
- chilenkihu (“Stercorarius chilensis, Chilean skua”)
- etelämantereenkihu (“Stercorarius maccormicki, south polar skua”)
- etelänkihu (“Stercorarius antarcticus, brown skua / southern skua”)
- isokihu (“Stercorarius skua, great skua”)
- leveäpyrstökihu (“Stercorarius pomarinus, pomarine skua / pomarine jaeger”)
- merikihu (“Stercorarius parasiticus, parasitic jaeger / arctic skua”)
- tunturikihu (“Stercorarius longicaudus, long-tailed jaeger”)
Further reading[edit]
- “kihu”, 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 2023-07-01
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
kihu
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kihu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kihu | kihut | ||
genitive | kihun | kihujen | ||
partitive | kihua | kihuja | ||
illative | kihuun | kihuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kihu | kihut | ||
accusative | nom. | kihu | kihut | |
gen. | kihun | |||
genitive | kihun | kihujen | ||
partitive | kihua | kihuja | ||
inessive | kihussa | kihuissa | ||
elative | kihusta | kihuista | ||
illative | kihuun | kihuihin | ||
adessive | kihulla | kihuilla | ||
ablative | kihulta | kihuilta | ||
allative | kihulle | kihuille | ||
essive | kihuna | kihuina | ||
translative | kihuksi | kihuiksi | ||
abessive | kihutta | kihuitta | ||
instructive | — | kihuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms[edit]
compounds
References[edit]
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013) Suomalaisen linnunnimistön etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Finnish Bird Names] (Turun yliopiston suomen kielen ja suomalais-ugrilaisen kielentutkimuksen oppiaineen julkaisuja 4) (in Finnish), Turku: University of Turku, →ISBN