vainu
See also: vaiņu
Finnish
editEtymology
editProbably borrowed from Old East Slavic [script needed] (vonjú), accusative of [script needed] (vonja); compare Russian вонь (vonʹ, “stench, smell”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvainu
- scent (odour of a game animal as a trace sensed by a predator)
- Kun koira saa vainun, se voi seurata hirveä tuntikausia.
- When a dog gets the scent, it can chase an elk for several hours.
- scent, sense of smell of an animal, especially of a hunting animal
- Tällä rodulla on erinomainen vainu.
- This breed's got an excellent scent.
- (figuratively) hunch, scent
- nose (skill in recognizing valuable information)
- Martilla on hyvä liikevainu.
- Martti has a good nose for business.
Declension
editInflection of vainu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | vainu | vainut | |
genitive | vainun | vainujen | |
partitive | vainua | vainuja | |
illative | vainuun | vainuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vainu | vainut | |
accusative | nom. | vainu | vainut |
gen. | vainun | ||
genitive | vainun | vainujen | |
partitive | vainua | vainuja | |
inessive | vainussa | vainuissa | |
elative | vainusta | vainuista | |
illative | vainuun | vainuihin | |
adessive | vainulla | vainuilla | |
ablative | vainulta | vainuilta | |
allative | vainulle | vainuille | |
essive | vainuna | vainuina | |
translative | vainuksi | vainuiksi | |
abessive | vainutta | vainuitta | |
instructive | — | vainuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editverbs
compounds
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “vainu”, 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 2023-07-04
Anagrams
editLatvian
editNoun
editvainu f
- inflection of vaina:
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Old East Slavic
- Finnish terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑinu
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑinu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian noun forms