kettu
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Pronunciation
Noun
kettu
Finnish
Etymology
kettää (“to skin”) + -u (or a participle), probably as a euphemism for repo and because of the importance of the fox as a skin and fur animal.
Pronunciation
Noun
kettu
- red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Synonyms: punakettu, repo, repolainen
- fox (any member of the genus Vulpes)
- fox (cunning person)
- Euphemistic form of vittu (a swear word).
Declension
| Inflection of kettu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kettu | ketut | |
| genitive | ketun | kettujen | |
| partitive | kettua | kettuja | |
| illative | kettuun | kettuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kettu | ketut | |
| accusative | nom. | kettu | ketut |
| gen. | ketun | ||
| genitive | ketun | kettujen | |
| partitive | kettua | kettuja | |
| inessive | ketussa | ketuissa | |
| elative | ketusta | ketuista | |
| illative | kettuun | kettuihin | |
| adessive | ketulla | ketuilla | |
| ablative | ketulta | ketuilta | |
| allative | ketulle | ketuille | |
| essive | kettuna | kettuina | |
| translative | ketuksi | ketuiksi | |
| abessive | ketutta | ketuitta | |
| instructive | — | ketuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
(compounds):
- aavikkokettu (“fennec, Vulpes zerda”)
- amerikankettukoira
- andienkettu
- arokettu
- bengalinkettu (“Bengal fox, Vulpes bengalensis”)
- blanfordinkettu
- eteläafrikankettu (“Cape fox, cama fox, Vulpes chama”)
- harmaakettu
- hiekkakettu (“Rüppel's fox, Vulpes rueppelli”)
- hopeakettu
- kaamakettu (“Cape fox, cama fox, Vulpes chama”)
- kapinkettu
- kehäkettu
- kettufarmi
- kettuhai
- kettuhattu
- kettujahti
- Kettukangas
- kettukoira
- kettukusu
- kettukäärme
- kettumangusti
- kettuorava
- kettusirkku
- kettutarha
- kettutarhaus
- kettuterrieri
- kettuturkki
- kettutyttö
- ketunajo
- ketunhäntä
- ketunkarva
- ketunkolo
- ketunleipä
- ketunlenkki
- ketunlieko
- ketunluola
- ketunmetsästys
- ketunmyrkky
- ketunnahka
- ketunpesä
- ketunpoika
- ketunpoikanen
- ketunpyynti
- ketunraudat
- ketunsara
- kissakettu (“swift fox, Vulpes velox”)
- korvakettu
- lintukettu
- mustatäpläkettu (“Blanford´s fox, Vulpes cana”)
- naaraskettu
- napakettu
- pampakettu
- platinakettu
- preeriakettu (“swift fox, Vulpes velox”)
- punakettu
- pussikettu
- saarikettu
- sahelinkettu (“pale fox, Vulpes pallida”)
- sinikettu
- tarhakettu
- tiibetinkettu (“Tibetan fox, Vulpes ferrilata”)
- tulikettu
- uroskettu
- vaaleakettu (“pale fox, Vulpes pallida”)
See also
- fennekki (“fennec, Vulpes zerda”)
- korsakki (“corsac fox, steppe fox, Vulpes corsac”)
Further reading
- “kettu”, 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