kolmesataa

Finnish

Finnish numbers ^(edit)

	3,000
←  200	300	400  →
	30
Cardinal: kolmesataa     Ordinal: kolmassadas     Ordinal abbreviation: 300., 300:s

Etymology

kolme (“three”) +‎ sataa (“hundred”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolmeˌsɑtɑː/, [ˈko̞lme̞ˌs̠ɑ̝t̪ɑ̝ː]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkolmeˣˌsɑtɑː/, [ˈko̞lme̞s̠ˌs̠ɑ̝t̪ɑ̝ː] (some speakers)
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑː
• Syllabification^(key): kol‧me‧sa‧taa

Numeral

kolmesataa

1. three hundred

Declension

Both parts are inflected separately: see kolme and sataa. The only exception is the nominative singular (including the nominative-accusative), where sata is in the partitive case (sataa).

Further reading

• “kolmesataa”, 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