kinttu
Finnish
Etymology
Cognate to Finnish kinner, Ingrian kinttu (“thigh”), Karelian kinttu (“foot, calf, thigh, ham”), Votic kintud (“thighs”), Estonian kint.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kint‧tu
Noun
kinttu
- (colloquial) foot, leg
- housut kintuissa = with one's pants down
Declension
Inflection of kinttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | kinttu | kintut | |
genitive | kintun | kinttujen | |
partitive | kinttua | kinttuja | |
illative | kinttuun | kinttuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kinttu | kintut | |
accusative | nom. | kinttu | kintut |
gen. | kintun | ||
genitive | kintun | kinttujen | |
partitive | kinttua | kinttuja | |
inessive | kintussa | kintuissa | |
elative | kintusta | kintuista | |
illative | kinttuun | kinttuihin | |
adessive | kintulla | kintuilla | |
ablative | kintulta | kintuilta | |
allative | kintulle | kintuille | |
essive | kinttuna | kinttuina | |
translative | kintuksi | kintuiksi | |
abessive | kintutta | kintuitta | |
instructive | — | kintuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
References
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN