lintutorni
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
lintu (“bird”) + torni (“tower”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lintutorni
- bird observation tower; birdwatching blind (US) (lightweight tower built for birdwatchers)
Usage notes[edit]
- The Finns tend to translate lintutorni as "birdwatching tower". While the term will probably be understood correctly, it does not seem to be widely used in English-speaking countries.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of lintutorni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lintutorni | lintutornit | ||
genitive | lintutornin | lintutornien | ||
partitive | lintutornia | lintutorneja | ||
illative | lintutorniin | lintutorneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lintutorni | lintutornit | ||
accusative | nom. | lintutorni | lintutornit | |
gen. | lintutornin | |||
genitive | lintutornin | lintutornien | ||
partitive | lintutornia | lintutorneja | ||
inessive | lintutornissa | lintutorneissa | ||
elative | lintutornista | lintutorneista | ||
illative | lintutorniin | lintutorneihin | ||
adessive | lintutornilla | lintutorneilla | ||
ablative | lintutornilta | lintutorneilta | ||
allative | lintutornille | lintutorneille | ||
essive | lintutornina | lintutorneina | ||
translative | lintutorniksi | lintutorneiksi | ||
abessive | lintutornitta | lintutorneitta | ||
instructive | — | lintutornein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “lintutorni”, 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 2023-07-03