kassakaappi
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kassa (“cashbox”) + kaappi (“cabinet, closet”), calque of Swedish kassaskåp (“safe”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kassakaappi
- safe (box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping)
Usage notes
[edit]As the name indicates, kassakaappi is a relatively large safe, being at least the size of a typical TV set. Smaller safes, e.g. such as typically found in hotel rooms, are called tallelokero in Finnish.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kassakaappi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) | |||
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nominative | kassakaappi | kassakaapit | |
genitive | kassakaapin | kassakaappien | |
partitive | kassakaappia | kassakaappeja | |
illative | kassakaappiin | kassakaappeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kassakaappi | kassakaapit | |
accusative | nom. | kassakaappi | kassakaapit |
gen. | kassakaapin | ||
genitive | kassakaapin | kassakaappien | |
partitive | kassakaappia | kassakaappeja | |
inessive | kassakaapissa | kassakaapeissa | |
elative | kassakaapista | kassakaapeista | |
illative | kassakaappiin | kassakaappeihin | |
adessive | kassakaapilla | kassakaapeilla | |
ablative | kassakaapilta | kassakaapeilta | |
allative | kassakaapille | kassakaapeille | |
essive | kassakaappina | kassakaappeina | |
translative | kassakaapiksi | kassakaapeiksi | |
abessive | kassakaapitta | kassakaapeitta | |
instructive | — | kassakaapein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “kassakaappi”, 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