kyy
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *küü (compare Estonian küü), possibly from Proto-Uralic *kije (compare Erzya гуй (guj), Moksha куй (kuj), Hungarian kígyó), or alternatively an old clipping for kyykäärme (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkyy
- common European adder (Vipera berus, the only natural species of viper in Finland)
- viper (Viperidae)
Declension
editInflection of kyy (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kyy | kyyt | |
genitive | kyyn | kyiden kyitten | |
partitive | kyytä | kyitä | |
illative | kyyhyn | kyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kyy | kyyt | |
accusative | nom. | kyy | kyyt |
gen. | kyyn | ||
genitive | kyyn | kyiden kyitten | |
partitive | kyytä | kyitä | |
inessive | kyyssä | kyissä | |
elative | kyystä | kyistä | |
illative | kyyhyn | kyihin | |
adessive | kyyllä | kyillä | |
ablative | kyyltä | kyiltä | |
allative | kyylle | kyille | |
essive | kyynä | kyinä | |
translative | kyyksi | kyiksi | |
abessive | kyyttä | kyittä | |
instructive | — | kyin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “kyy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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
Categories:
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Uralic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Uralic
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/yː
- Rhymes:Finnish/yː/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish maa-type nominals
- fi:Vipers