Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | kana |
| Partitive | kanaa |
| Genetive | kanan |
| Accusative | kanan |
| Inessive | kanassa |
| Elative | kanasta |
| Illative | kanaan |
| Adessive | kanalla |
| Ablative | kanalta |
| Allative | kanalle |
| Essive | kanana |
| Translative | kanaksi |
| Abessive | kanatta |
Plural
| Nominative | kanat |
| Partitive | kanoja |
| Genetive | kanojen |
| Accusative | kanat |
| Inessive | kanoissa |
| Elative | kanoista |
| Illative | kanoihin |
| Adessive | kanoilla |
| Ablative | kanoilta |
| Allative | kanoille |
| Essive | kanoina |
| Translative | kanoiksi |
| Abessive | kanoitta |
| Instructive | kanoin |
| Comitative | kanoine |
Sample Sentences
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kanalintu (gallinaceous bird)
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Sanoi Pohjolan emäntä, itse lausui, noin nimesi:/ Kummallenp’ on mielit mennä, kun tulevat tahtomahan/ ikuiseksi ystäväksi, kainaloiseksi kanaksi? (Said the mistress of Pohjola, stated herself, thus worded:/ To which one do you want to go, when they come to woo you/ to be their eternal friend, a chicken under their arm?) [1835, Elias Lönnrot, Kalevala:]
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kana (compare Estonian kana), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hanô (“rooster, cock”) (compare German Hahn). See: German Nouns '
Hahn'.
Nouns inflected like kana
aapa,
aatra,
aava,
abbedissa,
abrakadabra,
abskissa,
adventtiaika,
aerodynamiikka,
afta,
agenda,
ahdelauha,
ahkeraliisa,
ahma,
ahminta,
ahnehdinta,
aika,
aina,
aisa,
aita,
aitta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)