kiuas
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kiukasa, a contracted compound of kivi (“stone”) + kasa (“heap, pile”). Compare Karelian kiukua.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiuas
- A sauna stove, traditionally a wood-burning stove; more commonly called a "sauna heater", especially when electric. It is covered with stones on which water is thrown in order to produce steam.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kiuas (Kotus type 41*D/vieras, k-∅ gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kiuas | kiukaat | ||
genitive | kiukaan | kiukaiden kiukaitten | ||
partitive | kiuasta | kiukaita | ||
illative | kiukaaseen | kiukaisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kiuas | kiukaat | ||
accusative | nom. | kiuas | kiukaat | |
gen. | kiukaan | |||
genitive | kiukaan | kiukaiden kiukaitten kiuasten rare | ||
partitive | kiuasta | kiukaita | ||
inessive | kiukaassa | kiukaissa | ||
elative | kiukaasta | kiukaista | ||
illative | kiukaaseen | kiukaisiin kiukaihin rare | ||
adessive | kiukaalla | kiukailla | ||
ablative | kiukaalta | kiukailta | ||
allative | kiukaalle | kiukaille | ||
essive | kiukaana | kiukaina | ||
translative | kiukaaksi | kiukaiksi | ||
abessive | kiukaatta | kiukaitta | ||
instructive | — | kiukain | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kiuas”, 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