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kanalintu
kanalintu
Finnish
Noun
kanalintu
- galliform, gallinaceous bird (bird of the order Galliformes)
- gamefowl, landfowl, fowl (bird of the order Galliformes, especially when hunted for food)
Declension
| Inflection of kanalintu (Kotus type 1/valo, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kanalintu | kanalinnut | |
| genitive | kanalinnun | kanalintujen | |
| partitive | kanalintua | kanalintuja | |
| illative | kanalintuun | kanalintuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kanalintu | kanalinnut | |
| accusative | nom. | kanalintu | kanalinnut |
| gen. | kanalinnun | ||
| genitive | kanalinnun | kanalintujen | |
| partitive | kanalintua | kanalintuja | |
| inessive | kanalinnussa | kanalinnuissa | |
| elative | kanalinnusta | kanalinnuista | |
| illative | kanalintuun | kanalintuihin | |
| adessive | kanalinnulla | kanalinnuilla | |
| ablative | kanalinnulta | kanalinnuilta | |
| allative | kanalinnulle | kanalinnuille | |
| essive | kanalintuna | kanalintuina | |
| translative | kanalinnuksi | kanalinnuiksi | |
| instructive | — | kanalinnuin | |
| abessive | kanalinnutta | kanalinnuitta | |
| comitative | — | kanalintuineen | |
Usage notes
- The term kanalintu refers strictly to gallinaceous birds, but "fowl" may be used also of some other domestic or wild birds which are kept or hunted for food, notably ducks and geese.
Synonyms
- (gamefowl): metsäkana