koltta
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Norwegian skolt (“skull”), because the Skolt Sami were often bald/hairless due to a skin condition.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]koltta
- Skolt (member of ethnic group)
- (linguistics) Synonym of koltansaame
Declension
[edit]Inflection of koltta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | koltta | koltat | |
genitive | koltan | kolttien | |
partitive | kolttaa | kolttia | |
illative | kolttaan | kolttiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | koltta | koltat | |
accusative | nom. | koltta | koltat |
gen. | koltan | ||
genitive | koltan | kolttien kolttain rare | |
partitive | kolttaa | kolttia | |
inessive | koltassa | koltissa | |
elative | koltasta | koltista | |
illative | kolttaan | kolttiin | |
adessive | koltalla | koltilla | |
ablative | koltalta | koltilta | |
allative | koltalle | koltille | |
essive | kolttana | kolttina | |
translative | koltaksi | koltiksi | |
abessive | koltatta | koltitta | |
instructive | — | koltin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “koltta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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