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kalanruoto
kalanruoto
Finnish
Noun
kalanruoto
- A fishbone.
- A skeleton of a fish. In this sense often preceded by the word kokonainen (“entire”).
Declension
| Inflection of kalanruoto (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kalanruoto | kalanruodot | |
| genitive | kalanruodon | kalanruotojen | |
| partitive | kalanruotoa | kalanruotoja | |
| illative | kalanruotoon | kalanruotoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kalanruoto | kalanruodot | |
| accusative | nom. | kalanruoto | kalanruodot |
| gen. | kalanruodon | ||
| genitive | kalanruodon | kalanruotojen | |
| partitive | kalanruotoa | kalanruotoja | |
| inessive | kalanruodossa | kalanruodoissa | |
| elative | kalanruodosta | kalanruodoista | |
| illative | kalanruotoon | kalanruotoihin | |
| adessive | kalanruodolla | kalanruodoilla | |
| ablative | kalanruodolta | kalanruodoilta | |
| allative | kalanruodolle | kalanruodoille | |
| essive | kalanruotona | kalanruotoina | |
| translative | kalanruodoksi | kalanruodoiksi | |
| instructive | — | kalanruodoin | |
| abessive | kalanruodotta | kalanruodoitta | |
| comitative | — | kalanruotoineen | |
Usage notes
The word ruoto alone means "fishbone", but it has other senses as well. Term kalanruoto is sometimes used to avoid ambiguity.