sudenpentu
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]suden (“of a wolf”) + pentu (“cub, puppy”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsudenˌpentu/, [ˈs̠ude̞mˌpe̞n̪t̪u]
- Rhymes: -entu
- Syllabification(key): su‧den‧pen‧tu
- Hyphenation(key): suden‧pentu
Noun
[edit]sudenpentu
Usage notes
[edit]In the sense "young of a wolf" also written as two words: suden pentu.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of sudenpentu (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sudenpentu | sudenpennut | |
| genitive | sudenpennun | sudenpentujen | |
| partitive | sudenpentua | sudenpentuja | |
| illative | sudenpentuun | sudenpentuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sudenpentu | sudenpennut | |
| accusative | nom. | sudenpentu | sudenpennut |
| gen. | sudenpennun | ||
| genitive | sudenpennun | sudenpentujen | |
| partitive | sudenpentua | sudenpentuja | |
| inessive | sudenpennussa | sudenpennuissa | |
| elative | sudenpennusta | sudenpennuista | |
| illative | sudenpentuun | sudenpentuihin | |
| adessive | sudenpennulla | sudenpennuilla | |
| ablative | sudenpennulta | sudenpennuilta | |
| allative | sudenpennulle | sudenpennuille | |
| essive | sudenpentuna | sudenpentuina | |
| translative | sudenpennuksi | sudenpennuiksi | |
| abessive | sudenpennutta | sudenpennuitta | |
| instructive | — | sudenpennuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
[edit]- (junior Boy Scout): kolkka, kolkkapoika
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sudenpentu”, 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 3 July 2023