huithapeli
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Disputed; variously connected to huitu (“(butter)milk mixed with water”), huitukka and English Whitechapel. The original meaning appears to have been "insignificant".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]huithapeli (informal)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of huithapeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | huithapeli | huithapelit | |
genitive | huithapelin | huithapelien huithapeleiden huithapeleitten | |
partitive | huithapelia | huithapeleita huithapeleja | |
illative | huithapeliin | huithapeleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | huithapeli | huithapelit | |
accusative | nom. | huithapeli | huithapelit |
gen. | huithapelin | ||
genitive | huithapelin | huithapelien huithapeleiden huithapeleitten | |
partitive | huithapelia | huithapeleita huithapeleja | |
inessive | huithapelissa | huithapeleissa | |
elative | huithapelista | huithapeleista | |
illative | huithapeliin | huithapeleihin | |
adessive | huithapelilla | huithapeleilla | |
ablative | huithapelilta | huithapeleilta | |
allative | huithapelille | huithapeleille | |
essive | huithapelina | huithapeleina | |
translative | huithapeliksi | huithapeleiksi | |
abessive | huithapelitta | huithapeleitta | |
instructive | — | huithapelein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “huithapeli”, 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