kihu
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sound-symbolic in reference to the skua's fast flight speed.[1]
Noun
kihu
- skua, jaeger (bird of the genus Stercorarius)
- (in the plural) 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 | |
| abessive | kihutta | kihuitta | |
| instructive | — | kihuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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”)
Further reading
- “kihu”, 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 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Noun
kihu
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 | |
| abessive | kihutta | kihuitta | |
| instructive | — | kihuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013) Suomalaisen linnunnimistön etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Finnish Bird Names] (Turun yliopiston suomen kielen ja suomalais-ugrilaisen kielentutkimuksen oppiaineen julkaisuja 4) (in Finnish), Turku: University of Turku, →ISBN
Anagrams
Maori
Etymology
From kihukihu (“fringe”).
Noun
kihu