kanukka
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Finnish
Etymology
kana (“chicken”) + -ukka. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot; based on an earlier name kananmarja (literally “chicken('s) berry”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kanukka
Declension
| Inflection of kanukka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kanukka | kanukat | |
| genitive | kanukan | kanukoiden kanukoitten kanukkojen | |
| partitive | kanukkaa | kanukoita kanukkoja | |
| illative | kanukkaan | kanukoihin kanukkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kanukka | kanukat | |
| accusative | nom. | kanukka | kanukat |
| gen. | kanukan | ||
| genitive | kanukan | kanukoiden kanukoitten kanukkojen kanukkain rare | |
| partitive | kanukkaa | kanukoita kanukkoja | |
| inessive | kanukassa | kanukoissa | |
| elative | kanukasta | kanukoista | |
| illative | kanukkaan | kanukoihin kanukkoihin | |
| adessive | kanukalla | kanukoilla | |
| ablative | kanukalta | kanukoilta | |
| allative | kanukalle | kanukoille | |
| essive | kanukkana | kanukkoina | |
| translative | kanukaksi | kanukoiksi | |
| abessive | kanukatta | kanukoitta | |
| instructive | — | kanukoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
- idänkanukka (“Cornus alba”)
- idänpagodikanukka (“Cornus controversa”)
- kanadanruohokanukka (“Cornus canadensis”)
- liljakanukka (“Cornus kousa”)
- kukkakanukka (“Cornus florida”)
- lännenpagodikanukka (“Cornus alternifolia”)
- mustamarjakanukka (“Cornus sanguinea”)
- nuppikanukka (“Cornus capitata”)
- oregoninkanukka (“Cornus nuttallii”)
- pensaskanukka (“Cornus alba”)
- punamarjakanukka (“Cornus mas”)
- ruohokanukka (“Cornus suecica”)
- terttukanukka (“Cornus racemosa”)
Further reading
- “kanukka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02