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kihu
kihu
Finnish
Noun
kihu
- skua, jaeger (bird of the genus Stercorarius)
- In plural (kihut), the genus Stercorarius or the family Stercorariidae.
Declension
| Inflection of kihu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kihu | kihut | |
| genitive | kihun | kihujen | |
| partitive | kihua | kihuja | |
| illative | kihuun | kihuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kihu | kihut | |
| accusative | nom. | kihu | kihut |
| gen. | kihun | ||
| genitive | kihun | kihujen | |
| partitive | kihua | kihuja | |
| inessive | kihussa | kihuissa | |
| elative | kihusta | kihuista | |
| illative | kihuun | kihuihin | |
| adessive | kihulla | kihuilla | |
| ablative | kihulta | kihuilta | |
| allative | kihulle | kihuille | |
| essive | kihuna | kihuina | |
| translative | kihuksi | kihuiksi | |
| instructive | — | kihuin | |
| abessive | kihutta | kihuitta | |
| comitative | — | kihuineen | |
Derived terms
- chilenkihu, Stercorarius chilensis (Chilean skua)
- etelämantereenkihu, Stercorarius maccormicki (south polar skua)
- etelänkihu, Stercorarius antarcticus (brown skua / southern skua)
- isokihu, Stercorarius skua (great skua)
- leveäpyrstökihu, Stercorarius pomarinus (pomarine skua / pomarine jaeger)
- merikihu, Stercorarius parasiticus (parasitic jaeger / arctic skua)
- tunturikihu, Stercorarius longicaudus (long-tailed jaeger)