kettu

See also: Kettu

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰɛʰtːʊ/

Noun

kettu

  1. accusative singular of ketta
  2. dative singular of ketta
  3. genitive singular of ketta

Finnish

Etymology

Derived from the archaic noun kesi (“skin”), probably because of the importance of the fox as a skin and fur animal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈketːu/, [ˈke̞t̪ːu]
  • Hyphenation: ket‧tu

Noun

kettu

  1. red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
  2. fox (any member of the genus Vulpes)
  3. fox (cunning person)
  4. (swearword) An euphemism for vittu (“cunt”).

Declension
Inflection of kettu (Kotus type 1/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative kettu ketut
genitive ketun kettujen
partitive kettua kettuja
illative kettuun kettuihin
singular plural
nominative kettu ketut
accusative nom. kettu ketut
gen. ketun
genitive ketun kettujen
partitive kettua kettuja
inessive ketussa ketuissa
elative ketusta ketuista
illative kettuun kettuihin
adessive ketulla ketuilla
ablative ketulta ketuilta
allative ketulle ketuille
essive kettuna kettuina
translative ketuksi ketuiksi
instructive — ketuin
abessive ketutta ketuitta
comitative — kettuineen

Synonyms

Derived terms

Compounds
compounds
  • ketunajo
  • ketunhäntä
  • ketunkarva
  • ketunkolo
  • ketunleipä
  • ketunluola
  • ketunmetsästys
  • ketunmyrkky
  • ketunnahka
  • ketunpesä
  • ketunpoika
  • ketunpoikanen
  • ketunpyynti
  • kissakettu (swift fox, Vulpes velox)
  • mustatäpläkettu (Blanford´s fox, Vulpes cana)
  • napakettu
  • platinakettu
  • preeriakettu (swift fox, Vulpes velox)
  • punakettu
  • sahelinkettu (pale fox, Vulpes pallida)
  • sinikettu
  • tarhakettu
  • tiibetinkettu (Tibetan fox, Vulpes ferrilata)
  • vaaleakettu (pale fox, Vulpes pallida)

See also
  • fennekki (fennec, Vulpes zerda)
  • korsakki (corsac fox, steppe fox, Vulpes corsac)

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