wanha
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]In older Finnish, the letter V was often spelled W.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]wanha
- (sometimes humorous) Archaic spelling of vanha.
- Wanha Kahwihuone palvelee arkisin aamukuudesta iltaseitsemään.
- Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe is open on weekdays from 6 AM to 7 PM.
- Tää puhelin on niin wanha ettei tässä ole edes kameraa.
- This phone is so ye olde that it doesn't even have a camera
Usage notes
[edit]- In a non-internet context, wanha is chiefly used in the names of businesses to communicate an air of old-fashionedness or tradition; similar to ye olde in English. Can also be used colloquially in a jocular fashion to emphasize that something is old or outmoded.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of wanha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | wanha | wanhat | |
genitive | wanhan | wanhojen | |
partitive | wanhaa | wanhoja | |
illative | wanhaan | wanhoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | wanha | wanhat | |
accusative | nom. | wanha | wanhat |
gen. | wanhan | ||
genitive | wanhan | wanhojen wanhain rare | |
partitive | wanhaa | wanhoja | |
inessive | wanhassa | wanhoissa | |
elative | wanhasta | wanhoista | |
illative | wanhaan | wanhoihin | |
adessive | wanhalla | wanhoilla | |
ablative | wanhalta | wanhoilta | |
allative | wanhalle | wanhoille | |
essive | wanhana | wanhoina | |
translative | wanhaksi | wanhoiksi | |
abessive | wanhatta | wanhoitta | |
instructive | — | wanhoin | |
comitative | — | wanhoine |
Interjection
[edit]wanha
Categories:
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnhɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnhɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish adjectives
- Finnish terms spelled with W
- Finnish humorous terms
- Finnish archaic forms
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Finnish interjections
- Finnish internet slang