huiska
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from the onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic huiskaa. Alternatively from, or at least possibly influenced by, Swedish viska (“whisk, bundle of twigs or straw”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]huiska
Declension
[edit]Inflection of huiska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | huiska | huiskat | |
genitive | huiskan | huiskien | |
partitive | huiskaa | huiskia | |
illative | huiskaan | huiskiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | huiska | huiskat | |
accusative | nom. | huiska | huiskat |
gen. | huiskan | ||
genitive | huiskan | huiskien huiskain rare | |
partitive | huiskaa | huiskia | |
inessive | huiskassa | huiskissa | |
elative | huiskasta | huiskista | |
illative | huiskaan | huiskiin | |
adessive | huiskalla | huiskilla | |
ablative | huiskalta | huiskilta | |
allative | huiskalle | huiskille | |
essive | huiskana | huiskina | |
translative | huiskaksi | huiskiksi | |
abessive | huiskatta | huiskitta | |
instructive | — | huiskin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “huiska”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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