Perhaps derived from sini (“blue”), on the logic that skimmed milk is 'blue' after the 'yellow' cream has been removed.[1]
sintu (dialectal)
Inflection of sintu (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation) | |||
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nominative | sintu | sinnut | |
genitive | sinnun | sintujen | |
partitive | sintua | sintuja | |
illative | sintuun | sintuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sintu | sinnut | |
accusative | nom. | sintu | sinnut |
gen. | sinnun | ||
genitive | sinnun | sintujen | |
partitive | sintua | sintuja | |
inessive | sinnussa | sinnuissa | |
elative | sinnusta | sinnuista | |
illative | sintuun | sintuihin | |
adessive | sinnulla | sinnuilla | |
ablative | sinnulta | sinnuilta | |
allative | sinnulle | sinnuille | |
essive | sintuna | sintuina | |
translative | sinnuksi | sinnuiksi | |
abessive | sinnutta | sinnuitta | |
instructive | — | sinnuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
sintu class 7