autiomaa
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From autio (“desolate, uninhabited”) + maa (“land”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]autiomaa
- wasteland, wilderness
- desert (barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation)
- Synonyms: see aavikko
Declension
[edit]Inflection of autiomaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | autiomaa | autiomaat | ||
genitive | autiomaan | autiomaiden autiomaitten | ||
partitive | autiomaata | autiomaita | ||
illative | autiomaahan | autiomaihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | autiomaa | autiomaat | ||
accusative | nom. | autiomaa | autiomaat | |
gen. | autiomaan | |||
genitive | autiomaan | autiomaiden autiomaitten | ||
partitive | autiomaata | autiomaita | ||
inessive | autiomaassa | autiomaissa | ||
elative | autiomaasta | autiomaista | ||
illative | autiomaahan | autiomaihin | ||
adessive | autiomaalla | autiomailla | ||
ablative | autiomaalta | autiomailta | ||
allative | autiomaalle | autiomaille | ||
essive | autiomaana | autiomaina | ||
translative | autiomaaksi | autiomaiksi | ||
abessive | autiomaatta | autiomaitta | ||
instructive | — | autiomain | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “autiomaa”, 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