kankkulan kaivo
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Kankkulan (“Kankkula's”) + kaivo (“well”). Originally just kaivo (“well”) would have been used, while Kankkula (Kanttula also attested) was made up for the alliteration based on the name Kankku.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic) drain, abyss, sink, bottomless pit (waste of resources, such as money)
- Synonym: molokin kita
- mennä kankkulan kaivoon ― to go down the drain
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kankkulan kaivo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kankkulan kaivo | kankkulan kaivot | |
genitive | kankkulan kaivon | kankkulan kaivojen | |
partitive | kankkulan kaivoa | kankkulan kaivoja | |
illative | kankkulan kaivoon | kankkulan kaivoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kankkulan kaivo | kankkulan kaivot | |
accusative | nom. | kankkulan kaivo | kankkulan kaivot |
gen. | kankkulan kaivon | ||
genitive | kankkulan kaivon | kankkulan kaivojen | |
partitive | kankkulan kaivoa | kankkulan kaivoja | |
inessive | kankkulan kaivossa | kankkulan kaivoissa | |
elative | kankkulan kaivosta | kankkulan kaivoista | |
illative | kankkulan kaivoon | kankkulan kaivoihin | |
adessive | kankkulan kaivolla | kankkulan kaivoilla | |
ablative | kankkulan kaivolta | kankkulan kaivoilta | |
allative | kankkulan kaivolle | kankkulan kaivoille | |
essive | kankkulan kaivona | kankkulan kaivoina | |
translative | kankkulan kaivoksi | kankkulan kaivoiksi | |
abessive | kankkulan kaivotta | kankkulan kaivoitta | |
instructive | — | kankkulan kaivoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |