keltamulta
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kelta + multa (literally "yellow earth/mould/soil")
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]keltamulta
- ochre (pigment)
- A traditional type of paint made using this pigment, also keltamultamaali.
Usage notes
[edit]The pigment is usually called keltamulta when used as pigment for house paints, whereas artists and archaeologists seem to prefer okra.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of keltamulta (Kotus type 10*I/koira, lt-ll gradation) | |||
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nominative | keltamulta | keltamullat | |
genitive | keltamullan | keltamultien | |
partitive | keltamultaa | keltamultia | |
illative | keltamultaan | keltamultiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | keltamulta | keltamullat | |
accusative | nom. | keltamulta | keltamullat |
gen. | keltamullan | ||
genitive | keltamullan | keltamultien keltamultain rare | |
partitive | keltamultaa | keltamultia | |
inessive | keltamullassa | keltamullissa | |
elative | keltamullasta | keltamullista | |
illative | keltamultaan | keltamultiin | |
adessive | keltamullalla | keltamullilla | |
ablative | keltamullalta | keltamullilta | |
allative | keltamullalle | keltamullille | |
essive | keltamultana | keltamultina | |
translative | keltamullaksi | keltamulliksi | |
abessive | keltamullatta | keltamullitta | |
instructive | — | keltamullin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit](pigment): keltaokra, keltaterra, minette, okra
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “keltamulta”, 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