linnuntietä

Finnish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlinːunˌtie̯tæ/, [ˈlinːun̪ˌt̪ie̞̯t̪æ]
Rhymes: -ietæ
Syllabification^(key): lin‧nun‧tie‧tä

Adverb

linnuntietä

(idiomatic) as the crow flies (in a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance)
Sinne on 15 kilometriä linnuntietä.
It is 15 kilometers as the crow flies.

Noun

linnuntietä

partitive singular of linnuntie

Further reading

“linnuntietä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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