heltta
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Cognate with Karelian heltta and possibly to dialectal Estonian helt (in western dialects, particularly Saaremaa), unless it is borrowed from Finnish.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
heltta
- wattle (loose, hanging skin on birds, animals and humans)
- snood (flap of skin on the beak of a turkey)
- (mycology) gill, lamella (of a mushroom)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of heltta (Kotus type 9*C/kala, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | heltta | heltat | ||
genitive | heltan | helttojen | ||
partitive | helttaa | helttoja | ||
illative | helttaan | helttoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | heltta | heltat | ||
accusative | nom. | heltta | heltat | |
gen. | heltan | |||
genitive | heltan | helttojen helttainrare | ||
partitive | helttaa | helttoja | ||
inessive | heltassa | heltoissa | ||
elative | heltasta | heltoista | ||
illative | helttaan | helttoihin | ||
adessive | heltalla | heltoilla | ||
ablative | heltalta | heltoilta | ||
allative | heltalle | heltoille | ||
essive | helttana | helttoina | ||
translative | heltaksi | heltoiksi | ||
abessive | heltatta | heltoitta | ||
instructive | — | heltoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “heltta”, 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