salkuton

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Finnish

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Etymology

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salkku (briefcase, portfolio) +‎ -ton (-less)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑlkuton/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lkut̪o̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlkuton
  • Hyphenation(key): sal‧ku‧ton

Adjective

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salkuton

  1. without a briefcase
    Salkuton liikemies on lentokentällä harvinainen näky.
    A businessman without a briefcase is a rare sight on an airport.
  2. (politics) without portfolio
    salkuton ministeri
    a minister without portfolio

Declension

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Inflection of salkuton (Kotus type 34*C/onneton, tt-t gradation)
nominative salkuton salkuttomat
genitive salkuttoman salkuttomien
partitive salkutonta salkuttomia
illative salkuttomaan salkuttomiin
singular plural
nominative salkuton salkuttomat
accusative nom. salkuton salkuttomat
gen. salkuttoman
genitive salkuttoman salkuttomien
salkutonten rare
partitive salkutonta salkuttomia
inessive salkuttomassa salkuttomissa
elative salkuttomasta salkuttomista
illative salkuttomaan salkuttomiin
adessive salkuttomalla salkuttomilla
ablative salkuttomalta salkuttomilta
allative salkuttomalle salkuttomille
essive salkuttomana salkuttomina
translative salkuttomaksi salkuttomiksi
abessive salkuttomatta salkuttomitta
instructive salkuttomin
comitative salkuttomine
Possessive forms of salkuton (Kotus type 34*C/onneton, tt-t gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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Further reading

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