kyy
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *küü (compare Estonian küü), possibly from Proto-Uralic *kije (compare Erzya гуй (guj), Moksha куй (kuj), Hungarian kígyó), or alternatively an old clipping for kyykäärme (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkyː/, [ˈkyː]
- Rhymes: -yː
- Syllabification(key): kyy
Noun
kyy
- common European viper (Vipera berus, the only natural species of viper in Finland)
- viper (Viperidae)
Declension
| Inflection of kyy (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kyy | kyyt | |
| genitive | kyyn | kyiden kyitten | |
| partitive | kyytä | kyitä | |
| illative | kyyhyn | kyihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kyy | kyyt | |
| accusative | nom. | kyy | kyyt |
| gen. | kyyn | ||
| genitive | kyyn | kyiden kyitten | |
| partitive | kyytä | kyitä | |
| inessive | kyyssä | kyissä | |
| elative | kyystä | kyistä | |
| illative | kyyhyn | kyihin | |
| adessive | kyyllä | kyillä | |
| ablative | kyyltä | kyiltä | |
| allative | kyylle | kyille | |
| essive | kyynä | kyinä | |
| translative | kyyksi | kyiksi | |
| instructive | — | kyin | |
| abessive | kyyttä | kyittä | |
| comitative | — | kyineen | |
| Possessive forms of kyy (type maa) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kyyni | kyymme |
| 2nd person | kyysi | kyynne |
| 3rd person | kyynsä | |
Synonyms
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