karttu
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Related to Karelian karttu and Kukkuzi karttu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karttu
- A slender log used as a hitting implement.
- Synonym of pyykkikarttu (“washing beetle, battledore, laundry bat; hand tool used to do laundry”)
- A bat in the traditional outdoor game of kyykkä.
- singletree, swingletree
- Synonym: vetokarttu
Declension
[edit]Inflection of karttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | karttu | kartut | |
genitive | kartun | karttujen | |
partitive | karttua | karttuja | |
illative | karttuun | karttuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | karttu | kartut | |
accusative | nom. | karttu | kartut |
gen. | kartun | ||
genitive | kartun | karttujen | |
partitive | karttua | karttuja | |
inessive | kartussa | kartuissa | |
elative | kartusta | kartuista | |
illative | karttuun | karttuihin | |
adessive | kartulla | kartuilla | |
ablative | kartulta | kartuilta | |
allative | kartulle | kartuille | |
essive | karttuna | karttuina | |
translative | kartuksi | kartuiksi | |
abessive | kartutta | kartuitta | |
instructive | — | kartuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “karttu”, 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