kinttu

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kinttu, from the same root as *kinder (whence kinner). Cognate with Ingrian kinttu (“thigh”), Karelian kinttu (“foot, calf, thigh, ham”), Votic kintud (“thighs”), Estonian kint.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkintːu/, [ˈkin̪t̪ːu]
  • Rhymes: -intːu
  • Syllabification(key): kint‧tu

Noun

kinttu

  1. (colloquial) foot, leg
    housut kintuissa = with one's pants down

Declension
Inflection of kinttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)
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
instructive — kintuin
abessive kintutta kintuitta
comitative — kinttuineen
Possessive forms of kinttu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person kinttuni kinttumme
2nd person kinttusi kinttunne
3rd person kinttunsa

Synonyms

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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