toistakymmentä

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Partitive singular of toinen (another) +‎ kymmen (ten, decade).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtoi̯stɑˌkymːentæ/, [ˈt̪o̞i̯s̠tɑ̝ˌk̟ymːe̞n̪t̪æ]
  • Rhymes: -ymːentæ
  • Syllabification(key): tois‧ta‧kym‧men‧tä

Numeral

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toistakymmentä

  1. more than ten (but less than twenty)
    Sain tänään toistakymmentä haukea.
    I caught more than ten pike today.

Declension

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See toinen and kymmen; the only difference is that the nominative singular is toistakymmentä, and the plural forms are rarely used.

Synonyms

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Further reading

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