kautta

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Finnish

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Etymology

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The partitive singular of kausi; the adpositions are derived through an older meaning of "road, way" or "passage (of a journey)".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯tːɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝u̯t̪ːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑutːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): kaut‧ta

Postposition

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kautta [with genitive and/or possessive form]

  1. through, via, by
    Ajoitko Kouvolan vai Haminan kautta?
    Did you drive via Kouvola or Hamina?
    Varaosat kannattaa tilata meidän kauttamme.
    It's beneficial to order the spare parts through us.

Inflection

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Personal/possessive forms of kautta
no possessor kautta
possessor singular plural
1st person kauttani kauttamme
2nd person kauttasi kauttanne
3rd person kauttaan
kauttansa

Preposition

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kautta [with genitive]

  1. throughout
    kautta maailmanthroughout the World
  2. (figuratively) by, through (in interjections, etc.)
    kautta Teutateksen parran!by the beard of Toutatis!

Noun

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kautta

  1. partitive singular of kausi
    Hän on jo kolmatta kautta presidenttinä.
    He's already serving his third term as president.

Noun

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kautta (colloquial)

  1. (indeclinable) Ellipsis of kauttaviiva ((informal) slash).

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From the partitive of kaus (period). Akin to Finnish kautta.

Pronunciation

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Postposition

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kautta (+ genitive)

  1. due to, because of
  2. through, by means of
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Naapurikeeliin, suomen, viron ja vadjan keeliin kera iƶoran keeli ono siottu oman strukturan, fonettisen, äänisostavan, kautta, mut iƶoran keeleel ono suur yhtehös i karjalan keelen kera.
      The Ingrian language is related to its neighbouring languages, Finnish, Estonian and Votic, through [its] own structure, that of phonetics, the inventory of sounds, but the Ingrian language has a strong connection with the Karelian language, too.

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 146