linnunmaito
Finnish
Etymology
linnun (“bird's”) + maito (“milk”)
Noun
linnunmaito
- (informal) nectar (delicious drink)
- Kermalikööri on kuin linnunmaitoa.
- Cream liquor is good as a nectar (lit. ..is like bird's milk).
- Kermalikööri on kuin linnunmaitoa.
Usage notes
- Used especially of smooth-tasting alcoholic beverages, usually as comparison (see example above). The Finnish word nektari typically refers to a rich and delicious fruit drink. Thus a delicious wine might be either.
Declension
| Inflection of linnunmaito (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | linnunmaito | linnunmaidot | |
| genitive | linnunmaidon | linnunmaitojen | |
| partitive | linnunmaitoa | linnunmaitoja | |
| illative | linnunmaitoon | linnunmaitoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | linnunmaito | linnunmaidot | |
| accusative | nom. | linnunmaito | linnunmaidot |
| gen. | linnunmaidon | ||
| genitive | linnunmaidon | linnunmaitojen | |
| partitive | linnunmaitoa | linnunmaitoja | |
| inessive | linnunmaidossa | linnunmaidoissa | |
| elative | linnunmaidosta | linnunmaidoista | |
| illative | linnunmaitoon | linnunmaitoihin | |
| adessive | linnunmaidolla | linnunmaidoilla | |
| ablative | linnunmaidolta | linnunmaidoilta | |
| allative | linnunmaidolle | linnunmaidoille | |
| essive | linnunmaitona | linnunmaitoina | |
| translative | linnunmaidoksi | linnunmaidoiksi | |
| instructive | — | linnunmaidoin | |
| abessive | linnunmaidotta | linnunmaidoitta | |
| comitative | — | linnunmaitoineen | |