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lintu.

bird (animal in the class Aves, having a beaked mouth and usually capable of flight)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlintu/[ˈlin̪t̪u]
  1. bird (animal in the class Aves, having a beaked mouth and usually capable of flight)

  2. poultry (meat of domesticated fowl used for nutrition)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *lintu (compare Estonian lind), possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta (compare Ter Sami lonnˈt, Northern Mansi лунт (lunt), Hungarian lúd); see the Proto-Finnic entry for more.

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