tengu
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Elephant catching a flying tengu
English
Etymology
Noun
tengu (plural tengus or tengu)
- (Japanese mythology, Shinto, mythology) A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose.
Translations
mythical Japanese creature
References
- Merriam-Webster Online, MSN Encarta Dictionary, and Webster’s Third New International Dictionary all have no entry.
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
tengu
Declension
| Inflection of tengu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tengu | tengut | |
| genitive | tengun | tengujen | |
| partitive | tengua | tenguja | |
| illative | tenguun | tenguihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tengu | tengut | |
| accusative | nom. | tengu | tengut |
| gen. | tengun | ||
| genitive | tengun | tengujen | |
| partitive | tengua | tenguja | |
| inessive | tengussa | tenguissa | |
| elative | tengusta | tenguista | |
| illative | tenguun | tenguihin | |
| adessive | tengulla | tenguilla | |
| ablative | tengulta | tenguilta | |
| allative | tengulle | tenguille | |
| essive | tenguna | tenguina | |
| translative | tenguksi | tenguiksi | |
| abessive | tengutta | tenguitta | |
| instructive | — | tenguin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
tengu