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uunilintu

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Finnish

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Etymology

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uuni (oven) +‎ lintu (bird); refers to the shape of their nests.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈuːniˌlintu/, [ˈuːniˌlin̪t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -intu
  • Syllabification(key): uu‧ni‧lin‧tu
  • Hyphenation(key): uuni‧lintu

Noun

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uunilintu

  1. willow warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus
  2. leaf warbler, chiffchaff (bird of the genus Phylloscopus)

Declension

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Inflection of uunilintu (Kotus type 1*J/valo, ntnn gradation)
nominative uunilintu uunilinnut
genitive uunilinnun uunilintujen
partitive uunilintua uunilintuja
illative uunilintuun uunilintuihin
singular plural
nominative uunilintu uunilinnut
accusative nom. uunilintu uunilinnut
gen. uunilinnun
genitive uunilinnun uunilintujen
partitive uunilintua uunilintuja
inessive uunilinnussa uunilinnuissa
elative uunilinnusta uunilinnuista
illative uunilintuun uunilintuihin
adessive uunilinnulla uunilinnuilla
ablative uunilinnulta uunilinnuilta
allative uunilinnulle uunilinnuille
essive uunilintuna uunilintuina
translative uunilinnuksi uunilinnuiksi
abessive uunilinnutta uunilinnuitta
instructive uunilinnuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of uunilintu (Kotus type 1*J/valo, ntnn gradation)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “uuni”, in 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

Further reading

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