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

  1. 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

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