kyynel
Finnish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *küünel, from Proto-Uralic *küńele. Cognates include Karelian kyynäl, Northern Sami ganjal, Hungarian könny.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkyynel
- tear (drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation)
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- ilonkyynel
- jobinkyynelheinä
- korpikuusen kyynel
- krokotiilinkyynel
- kyynelehtiä
- kyynelelin
- kyynelhapero
- kyynelhelmi
- kyynelkaasu
- kyynelkanava
- kyynelkarpalo
- kyynelkäytävä
- kyynellampi
- kyynellevy
- kyynellihake
- kyynelluu
- kyynelmalja
- kyynelneste
- kyynelpisara
- kyynelpiste
- kyynelpussi
- kyynelrauhanen
- kyynelsilmä
- kyynelsumu
- kyyneltiehyt
- kyyneltulva
- kyyneltyä
- kyynelvirta
- kyynelvuo
- kyynelvuoto
- kyynelöidä
- surunkyynel
Interjection
editkyynel (colloquial)
- (sarcastic) Used as a sarcastic response to someone's difficult situation, especially when that person is overreacting.
- No, voi kyynel!
- Oh, boo-hoo!
Further reading
edit- “kyynel”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Ingrian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *küünel. Cognates include Finnish kyynel and Veps kündal'.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkyːnel/, [ˈkyːne̞lʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkyːnel/, [ˈkyːne̞l]
- Rhymes: -yːnel
- Hyphenation: kyy‧nel
Noun
editkyynel
Declension
editDeclension of kyynel (type 12/tytär, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kyynel | kyynelet |
genitive | kyynelen | kyyneliin |
partitive | kyyneltä | kyyneliä |
illative | kyynelee | kyynelii |
inessive | kyynelees | kyyneliis |
elative | kyynelest | kyynelist |
allative | kyynelelle | kyynelille |
adessive | kyyneleel | kyyneliil |
ablative | kyynelelt | kyynelilt |
translative | kyyneleks | kyyneliks |
essive | kyynelennä, kyyneleen | kyynelinnä, kyyneliin |
exessive1) | kyynelent | kyynelint |
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. |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 232
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- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Uralic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Uralic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/yːnel
- Rhymes:Finnish/yːnel/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish askel-type nominals
- Finnish interjections
- Finnish colloquialisms
- Finnish sarcastic terms
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- fi:Bodily fluids
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/yːnel
- Rhymes:Ingrian/yːnel/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- izh:Bodily fluids