kantapeikko
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kanta- (“proto-, stem-”) + peikko (“troll, ogre”), derived from kantahenkilökunta (“permanently employed staff”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑˌpei̯kːo/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝ˌpe̞i̯kːo̞]
- Rhymes: -eikːo
- Syllabification(key): kan‧ta‧peik‧ko
Noun
[edit]kantapeikko (colloquial)
- lifer (person who makes a career in the military)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kantapeikko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | kantapeikko | kantapeikot | |
genitive | kantapeikon | kantapeikkojen | |
partitive | kantapeikkoa | kantapeikkoja | |
illative | kantapeikkoon | kantapeikkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kantapeikko | kantapeikot | |
accusative | nom. | kantapeikko | kantapeikot |
gen. | kantapeikon | ||
genitive | kantapeikon | kantapeikkojen | |
partitive | kantapeikkoa | kantapeikkoja | |
inessive | kantapeikossa | kantapeikoissa | |
elative | kantapeikosta | kantapeikoista | |
illative | kantapeikkoon | kantapeikkoihin | |
adessive | kantapeikolla | kantapeikoilla | |
ablative | kantapeikolta | kantapeikoilta | |
allative | kantapeikolle | kantapeikoille | |
essive | kantapeikkona | kantapeikkoina | |
translative | kantapeikoksi | kantapeikoiksi | |
abessive | kantapeikotta | kantapeikoitta | |
instructive | — | kantapeikoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “kantapeikko”, 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