lunni
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Swedish lunnefågel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lunni
- puffin (any seabird of the genus Fratercula of the auk family Alcidae)
- (in the plural) the genus Fratercula
- Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica (the type species of the family)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of lunni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | lunni | lunnit | |
genitive | lunnin | lunnien | |
partitive | lunnia | lunneja | |
illative | lunniin | lunneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lunni | lunnit | |
accusative | nom. | lunni | lunnit |
gen. | lunnin | ||
genitive | lunnin | lunnien | |
partitive | lunnia | lunneja | |
inessive | lunnissa | lunneissa | |
elative | lunnista | lunneista | |
illative | lunniin | lunneihin | |
adessive | lunnilla | lunneilla | |
ablative | lunnilta | lunneilta | |
allative | lunnille | lunneille | |
essive | lunnina | lunneina | |
translative | lunniksi | lunneiksi | |
abessive | lunnitta | lunneitta | |
instructive | — | lunnein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]- isolunni (“Fratercula corniculata, horned puffin”)
- lunnikoira
- töyhtölunni (“Fratercula cirrhata, tufted puffin”)
Further reading
[edit]- “lunni”, 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