rintaluu
Ingrian
Etymology
From rinta (“chest”) + luu (“bone”).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈrintɑˌluː/, [ˈrintəˌɫuː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈrintɑˌluː/, [ˈrind̥ɑˌɫuː]
- Rhymes: -uː
- Hyphenation: rin‧ta‧luu
Noun
rintaluu
- breastbone
- 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, N. J. Molotsova, transl., Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 68:
- Pääluut hoitaat pääaivoja; rintaluut hoitaat syänmunnaa ja kerkiälihhaa.
- Skulls protect the encephalon; breastbones protect the heart and the lungs.
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Declension
| Declension of rintaluu (type 8/maa, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | rintaluu | rintaluut |
| genitive | rintaluun | rintaluijen |
| partitive | rintaluuta | rintaluita |
| illative | rintaluuhu | rintaluihe |
| inessive | rintaluus | rintaluis |
| elative | rintaluust | rintaluist |
| allative | rintaluulle | rintaluille |
| adessive | rintaluul | rintaluil |
| ablative | rintaluult | rintaluilt |
| translative | rintaluuks | rintaluiks |
| essive | rintaluunna, rintaluun | rintaluinna, rintaluin |
| exessive1) | rintaluunt | rintaluint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||