kihu
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ki‧hu
Noun
kihu
- skua, jaeger (bird of the genus Stercorarius)
- In plural (kihut), the genus Stercorarius or the family Stercorariidae.
Declension
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
- 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)