unssi
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swedish uns, ultimately from Latin uncia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]unssi
- ounce (in Finland, either around 27.9, 29.6 or 28.3 grams depending on context)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of unssi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | unssi | unssit | |
genitive | unssin | unssien | |
partitive | unssia | unsseja | |
illative | unssiin | unsseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | unssi | unssit | |
accusative | nom. | unssi | unssit |
gen. | unssin | ||
genitive | unssin | unssien | |
partitive | unssia | unsseja | |
inessive | unssissa | unsseissa | |
elative | unssista | unsseista | |
illative | unssiin | unsseihin | |
adessive | unssilla | unsseilla | |
ablative | unssilta | unsseilta | |
allative | unssille | unsseille | |
essive | unssina | unsseina | |
translative | unssiksi | unsseiksi | |
abessive | unssitta | unsseitta | |
instructive | — | unssein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- “unssi”, 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 2023-07-04