mammutti
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mammutti
- mammoth (Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals)
- (figuratively) mammoth (something very large of its kind, often as modifier in compound terms)
- Uudet matkustajalaivat ovat todellisia mammutteja.
- The new passenger ships are real mammoths.
- mammuttimainen’’’ ― huge
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mammutti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | mammutti | mammutit | |
genitive | mammutin | mammuttien | |
partitive | mammuttia | mammutteja | |
illative | mammuttiin | mammutteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mammutti | mammutit | |
accusative | nom. | mammutti | mammutit |
gen. | mammutin | ||
genitive | mammutin | mammuttien | |
partitive | mammuttia | mammutteja | |
inessive | mammutissa | mammuteissa | |
elative | mammutista | mammuteista | |
illative | mammuttiin | mammutteihin | |
adessive | mammutilla | mammuteilla | |
ablative | mammutilta | mammuteilta | |
allative | mammutille | mammuteille | |
essive | mammuttina | mammutteina | |
translative | mammutiksi | mammuteiksi | |
abessive | mammutitta | mammuteitta | |
instructive | — | mammutein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “mammutti”, 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 2023-07-03