velkaorja
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From velka (“debt”) + orja (“slave”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]velkaorja
- (historical) indentured servant (debt bondage worker)
- (by extension, informal) debt slave (someone heavily in debt, an indebted person)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of velkaorja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | velkaorja | velkaorjat | |
genitive | velkaorjan | velkaorjien | |
partitive | velkaorjaa | velkaorjia | |
illative | velkaorjaan | velkaorjiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | velkaorja | velkaorjat | |
accusative | nom. | velkaorja | velkaorjat |
gen. | velkaorjan | ||
genitive | velkaorjan | velkaorjien velkaorjain rare | |
partitive | velkaorjaa | velkaorjia | |
inessive | velkaorjassa | velkaorjissa | |
elative | velkaorjasta | velkaorjista | |
illative | velkaorjaan | velkaorjiin | |
adessive | velkaorjalla | velkaorjilla | |
ablative | velkaorjalta | velkaorjilta | |
allative | velkaorjalle | velkaorjille | |
essive | velkaorjana | velkaorjina | |
translative | velkaorjaksi | velkaorjiksi | |
abessive | velkaorjatta | velkaorjitta | |
instructive | — | velkaorjin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “velkaorja”, 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