kynsi

From Proto-Finnic *künci, from Proto-Uralic *künče. Cognates include Estonian küüs, Ter Sami kannc, Erzya кенже (kenže).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/,
• Rhymes: -ynsi
• Hyphenation^(key): kyn‧si

kynsi

1. nail, fingernail, toenail (thin, horny plate)
2. claw (curved horny nail)
3. clove (any of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic)
4. talon (sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal)
5. (nautical) bill (extremity of the arm of an anchor)
6. (music) plectrum (in harpsichord, the part at the end of a jack that plucks the cord)
7. (mechanics) dog (any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection)

• “kynsi”, 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/, (third-person indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkynsiˣ/, (imperative, indicative connegative)
• Rhymes: -ynsi
• Hyphenation^(key): kyn‧si

kynsi

1. inflection of kynsiä:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/,
• Rhymes: -ynsi
• Hyphenation^(key): kyn‧si

kynsi

1. third-person singular past indicative of kyntää

• kynti

• -yksin, sykin, yksin, yskin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/,
• Rhymes: -ynsʲ, -ynsi
• Hyphenation: kyn‧si

kynsi

1. Alternative form of kyns

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/,
• Rhymes: -ynsʲ, -ynsi
• Hyphenation: kyn‧si

kynsi

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of kyntää

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 231

• künsi
• (Southern) kynzi

From Proto-Finnic *künci.

kynsi (genitive , partitive )

1. (Northern, anatomy) fingernail