hevosvoima
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hevos- (“horse”) + voima (“power”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hevosvoima
- (physics) horsepower (old unit for power)
Usage notes
[edit]- The SI unit for power is watti (“watt”) (W). hevosvoima is currently chiefly used informally of the power of automotive engines.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of hevosvoima (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hevosvoima | hevosvoimat | ||
genitive | hevosvoiman | hevosvoimien | ||
partitive | hevosvoimaa | hevosvoimia | ||
illative | hevosvoimaan | hevosvoimiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hevosvoima | hevosvoimat | ||
accusative | nom. | hevosvoima | hevosvoimat | |
gen. | hevosvoiman | |||
genitive | hevosvoiman | hevosvoimien hevosvoimain rare | ||
partitive | hevosvoimaa | hevosvoimia | ||
inessive | hevosvoimassa | hevosvoimissa | ||
elative | hevosvoimasta | hevosvoimista | ||
illative | hevosvoimaan | hevosvoimiin | ||
adessive | hevosvoimalla | hevosvoimilla | ||
ablative | hevosvoimalta | hevosvoimilta | ||
allative | hevosvoimalle | hevosvoimille | ||
essive | hevosvoimana | hevosvoimina | ||
translative | hevosvoimaksi | hevosvoimiksi | ||
abessive | hevosvoimatta | hevosvoimitta | ||
instructive | — | hevosvoimin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- hv (“hp”)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hevosvoima”, 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 2023-07-02