peruna

Finnish

(index pe)

Etymology

From Swedish päron (pear) or jordpäron (potato) < German Erdbirne (potato, literally earth-pear), through Finnish-Swedish dialectal pärun or peerun. The same word was originally used for pears and potatoes. In its modern meaning, peruna is first mentioned in a 1787 dictionary by Christfried Ganander. In modern Finnish, "pear" is päärynä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpe̞runɑ]
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  • Hyphenation: pe‧ru‧na
  • Rhymes: -unɑ

Noun

peruna

  1. potato, Solanum tuberosum (plant and the tuber)

Declension

Inflection of peruna (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation)
nominative peruna perunat
genitive perunan perunien
perunoiden
perunoitten
partitive perunaa perunia
perunoita
illative perunaan peruniin
perunoihin
singular plural
nominative peruna perunat
accusative nom. peruna perunat
gen. perunan
genitive perunan perunien
perunoiden
perunoitten
perunojenrare
perunainrare
partitive perunaa perunia
perunoita
perunojarare
inessive perunassa perunoissa
perunissa
elative perunasta perunoista
perunista
illative perunaan peruniin
perunoihin
adessive perunalla perunoilla
perunilla
ablative perunalta perunoilta
perunilta
allative perunalle perunoille
perunille
essive perunana perunoina
perunina
translative perunaksi perunoiksi
peruniksi
instructive perunoin
perunin
abessive perunatta perunoitta
perunitta
comitative perunoineen
perunineen

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Icelandic

Noun

peruna

  1. definite accusative singular of pera
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