lintu

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or *linta, a cognate of Estonian lind, Ter Sami lonnˈt, Mansi лунт (lunt) and Hungarian lúd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlintu/, [ˈlin̪t̪u]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -intu
  • Syllabification(key): lin‧tu

Noun

lintu

  1. bird
  2. poultry (meat of domesticated fowl used for nutrition)

Declension

Inflection of lintu (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)
nominative lintu linnut
genitive linnun lintujen
partitive lintua lintuja
illative lintuun lintuihin
singular plural
nominative lintu linnut
accusative nom. lintu linnut
gen. linnun
genitive linnun lintujen
partitive lintua lintuja
inessive linnussa linnuissa
elative linnusta linnuista
illative lintuun lintuihin
adessive linnulla linnuilla
ablative linnulta linnuilta
allative linnulle linnuille
essive lintuna lintuina
translative linnuksi linnuiksi
instructive linnuin
abessive linnutta linnuitta
comitative lintuineen
Possessive forms of lintu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person lintuni lintumme
2nd person lintusi lintunne
3rd person lintunsa

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Ingrian

Lintu.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta. Cognates include Finnish lintu and Estonian lind.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈlintu/, [ˈlʲintŭ̥]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈlintu/, [ˈlind̥u]
  • Rhymes: -intu
  • Hyphenation: lin‧tu

Noun

lintu

  1. bird
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 30:
      Lentäät nyt linnut.
      The birds are flying now.

Declension

Declension of lintu (type 4/koivu, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative lintu linnut
genitive linnun lintuin, lintuloin
partitive lintua lintuja, lintuloja
illative lintuu lintui, lintuloihe
inessive linnuus lintuis, lintulois
elative linnust lintuist, lintuloist
allative linnulle lintuille, lintuloille
adessive linnuul lintuil, lintuloil
ablative linnult lintuilt, lintuloilt
translative linnuks lintuiks, lintuloiks
essive lintunna, lintuun lintuinna, lintuloinna, lintuin, lintuloin
exessive1) lintunt lintuint, lintuloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 267

Karelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or *linta, a cognate of Estonian lind and Hungarian lúd.

Noun

lintu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. bird

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or *linta, a cognate of Estonian lind and Hungarian lúd.

Pronunciation

  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlintu/, [ˈɫintu]
  • Rhymes: -intu
  • Hyphenation: lin‧tu

Noun

lintu

  1. bird

Declension

Declension of lintu (type II/võrkko, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative lintu linnud
genitive linnu lintuje, lintujõ, lintui
partitive lintua lintuitõ, lintui
illative lintu, lintusõ lintuje, lintujõ, lintuisõ
inessive linnuz lintuiz
elative linnussõ lintuissõ
allative linnulõ lintuilõ
adessive linnullõ lintuillõ
ablative linnultõ lintuiltõ
translative linnussi lintuissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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