kruununkyyti

kruunun +‎ kyyti, from Swedish kronoskjuts

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruːnunˌkyːti/,
• Rhymes: -yːti
• Hyphenation^(key): kruunun‧kyyti

kruununkyyti

1. (historical) A landowner's duty to provide transport for officials of the state and church, dignitaries, prisoners and property of the state.
2. (euphemistic) prisoner transport.
3. (humorous) Any transport of a person (sometimes even of a specific object) paid from the public funds, as e.g. konsulikyyti.

   Loukkaantunut joutsenen poikanen tuotiin pelastuslaitokselle, josta se pääsee kruununkyydillä Heinolaan eläinhoitolaan.

   The injured swan fledgling was brought to the rescue department, from where it will be transferred to the animal rescue facility of Heinola.

• “kruununkyyti”, 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