kiila
Appearance
See also: Kiila
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swedish kil (“wedge”), if not an older loan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiila
- wedge (simple machine)
- (geometry) wedge (five-sided polyhedron)
- (figuratively) wedge (something that creates a division)
- (military) salient (outwardly projecting part of a front, etc.)
- Synonym: rintamakiila
- (military, historical) wedge (V-shaped force acting to split the opposing army)
- (clothing) gusset (small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement)
- (mechanical) key (object used to maintain the orientation between two others)
- (heraldry) pile
- (climbing) nut
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kiila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kiila | kiilat | |
genitive | kiilan | kiilojen | |
partitive | kiilaa | kiiloja | |
illative | kiilaan | kiiloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kiila | kiilat | |
accusative | nom. | kiila | kiilat |
gen. | kiilan | ||
genitive | kiilan | kiilojen kiilain rare | |
partitive | kiilaa | kiiloja | |
inessive | kiilassa | kiiloissa | |
elative | kiilasta | kiiloista | |
illative | kiilaan | kiiloihin | |
adessive | kiilalla | kiiloilla | |
ablative | kiilalta | kiiloilta | |
allative | kiilalle | kiiloille | |
essive | kiilana | kiiloina | |
translative | kiilaksi | kiiloiksi | |
abessive | kiilatta | kiiloitta | |
instructive | — | kiiloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “kiila”, 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
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iːlɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/iːlɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Geometry
- fi:Military
- Finnish terms with historical senses
- fi:Clothing
- fi:Heraldry
- fi:Climbing
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Simple machines