lankalauantai
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of lanka (“yarn”) + lauantai (“Saturday”); traditionally, the yarn produced during the winter was washed on Holy Saturday.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈlɑŋkɑˌlɑu̯ɑntɑi̯/, [ˈlɑ̝ŋkɑ̝ˌlɑ̝u̯ɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝i̯]
- Rhymes: -ɑuɑntɑi
- Syllabification(key): lan‧ka‧lau‧an‧tai
Noun
[edit]lankalauantai
Declension
[edit]Inflection of lankalauantai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lankalauantai | lankalauantait | ||
genitive | lankalauantain | lankalauantaiden lankalauantaitten | ||
partitive | lankalauantaita | lankalauantaita | ||
illative | lankalauantaihin | lankalauantaihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lankalauantai | lankalauantait | ||
accusative | nom. | lankalauantai | lankalauantait | |
gen. | lankalauantain | |||
genitive | lankalauantain | lankalauantaiden lankalauantaitten | ||
partitive | lankalauantaita | lankalauantaita | ||
inessive | lankalauantaissa | lankalauantaissa | ||
elative | lankalauantaista | lankalauantaista | ||
illative | lankalauantaihin | lankalauantaihin | ||
adessive | lankalauantailla | lankalauantailla | ||
ablative | lankalauantailta | lankalauantailta | ||
allative | lankalauantaille | lankalauantaille | ||
essive | lankalauantaina | lankalauantaina | ||
translative | lankalauantaiksi | lankalauantaiksi | ||
abessive | lankalauantaitta | lankalauantaitta | ||
instructive | — | lankalauantain | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “lankalauantai”, 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