metso
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meccoi. Cognates include Ingrian metsoi, Livvi mečoi, Veps mecoi, Votic mettso, Ludian metšoi, Karelian mettšo and possibly also Estonian metsis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmetso/, [ˈme̞ts̠o̞]
- Hyphenation: met‧so
Noun
metso
- wood grouse, capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus (large, black bird of grouse family)
Declension
| Inflection of metso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | metso | metsot | |
| genitive | metson | metsojen | |
| partitive | metsoa | metsoja | |
| illative | metsoon | metsoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | metso | metsot | |
| accusative | nom. | metso | metsot |
| gen. | metson | ||
| genitive | metson | metsojen | |
| partitive | metsoa | metsoja | |
| inessive | metsossa | metsoissa | |
| elative | metsosta | metsoista | |
| illative | metsoon | metsoihin | |
| adessive | metsolla | metsoilla | |
| ablative | metsolta | metsoilta | |
| allative | metsolle | metsoille | |
| essive | metsona | metsoina | |
| translative | metsoksi | metsoiksi | |
| instructive | — | metsoin | |
| abessive | metsotta | metsoitta | |
| comitative | — | metsoineen | |
Hyponyms
- koppelo (female)
- ukkometso (adult male)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- karimetso
- merimetso
- metsokukko
- ukkometso
Anagrams
- mesot