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penikuorma

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Possibly a phonetic deformation of the synonymous peninkulma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpeniˌkuo̯rmɑ/, [ˈpe̞niˌkuo̞̯rmɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -uormɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): peni‧kuorma

Noun

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penikuorma (obsolete)

  1. A traditional measure of length equal to 10 versts.
    • 1884, Theodolinda Hahnsson, Kotikuusen kuiskehia[1]:
      Kulkeneet he olivat lähes puolen penikuormaa; siinä oli jo kylläksi näin pienille lapsille.
      They have travelled for almost five versts, certainly enough for children so young.

Usage notes

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A Finnish verst (virsta) is slightly longer (1068.8 meters) than the Russian equivalent верста (versta) (1066.8 meters), thus making the length of penikuorma 10.688 kilometers (= 6.64 miles), similarly to Swedish mil.

Declension

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Inflection of penikuorma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative penikuorma penikuormat
genitive penikuorman penikuormien
partitive penikuormaa penikuormia
illative penikuormaan penikuormiin
singular plural
nominative penikuorma penikuormat
accusative nom. penikuorma penikuormat
gen. penikuorman
genitive penikuorman penikuormien
penikuormain rare
partitive penikuormaa penikuormia
inessive penikuormassa penikuormissa
elative penikuormasta penikuormista
illative penikuormaan penikuormiin
adessive penikuormalla penikuormilla
ablative penikuormalta penikuormilta
allative penikuormalle penikuormille
essive penikuormana penikuormina
translative penikuormaksi penikuormiksi
abessive penikuormatta penikuormitta
instructive penikuormin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of penikuorma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

Synonyms

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