helmalakana
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]helma (“hem”) + lakana (“sheet, bedsheet”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhelmɑˌlɑkɑnɑ/, [ˈhe̞lmɑ̝ˌlɑ̝kɑ̝nɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑkɑnɑ
- Syllabification(key): hel‧ma‧la‧ka‧na
Noun
[edit]helmalakana
- valance (short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from beneath the mattress to the floor used to conceal the boxspring or space under the bed)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of helmalakana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | helmalakana | helmalakanat | ||
genitive | helmalakanan | helmalakanoiden helmalakanoitten | ||
partitive | helmalakanaa | helmalakanoita | ||
illative | helmalakanaan | helmalakanoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | helmalakana | helmalakanat | ||
accusative | nom. | helmalakana | helmalakanat | |
gen. | helmalakanan | |||
genitive | helmalakanan | helmalakanoiden helmalakanoitten helmalakanain rare | ||
partitive | helmalakanaa | helmalakanoita | ||
inessive | helmalakanassa | helmalakanoissa | ||
elative | helmalakanasta | helmalakanoista | ||
illative | helmalakanaan | helmalakanoihin | ||
adessive | helmalakanalla | helmalakanoilla | ||
ablative | helmalakanalta | helmalakanoilta | ||
allative | helmalakanalle | helmalakanoille | ||
essive | helmalakanana | helmalakanoina | ||
translative | helmalakanaksi | helmalakanoiksi | ||
abessive | helmalakanatta | helmalakanoitta | ||
instructive | — | helmalakanoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “helmalakana”, 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