vankila
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]vanki + -la. Coined by Finnish physician and translator Wolmar Schildt in 1868.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vankila
- prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of vankila (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | vankila | vankilat | |
genitive | vankilan | vankiloiden vankiloitten | |
partitive | vankilaa | vankiloita | |
illative | vankilaan | vankiloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vankila | vankilat | |
accusative | nom. | vankila | vankilat |
gen. | vankilan | ||
genitive | vankilan | vankiloiden vankiloitten vankilain rare | |
partitive | vankilaa | vankiloita | |
inessive | vankilassa | vankiloissa | |
elative | vankilasta | vankiloista | |
illative | vankilaan | vankiloihin | |
adessive | vankilalla | vankiloilla | |
ablative | vankilalta | vankiloilta | |
allative | vankilalle | vankiloille | |
essive | vankilana | vankiloina | |
translative | vankilaksi | vankiloiksi | |
abessive | vankilatta | vankiloitta | |
instructive | — | vankiloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
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Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vankila”, 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