poronkusema

Finnish

Etymology

Compound of poron (“reindeer's”) +‎ kusema (“peed by”); the distance a reindeer could travel without stopping to urinate.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpo̞ro̞nˌkuse̞mɑ], X-SAMPA: ["poron%kusemA]
• Hyphenation: po‧ron‧ku‧se‧ma
• Rhymes: -mɑ

Noun

poronkusema

1. A traditional "measure" of travel, not well defined but allegedly 7.5 kilometers at maximum.

Declension

Declension of poronkusema (type koira) singular plural nominative poronkusema poronkusemat genitive poronkuseman poronkusemien poronkusemain1 partitive poronkusemaa poronkusemia accusative poronkusema poronkuseman poronkusemat inessive poronkusemassa poronkusemissa elative poronkusemasta poronkusemista illative poronkusemaan poronkusemiin adessive poronkusemalla poronkusemilla ablative poronkusemalta poronkusemilta allative poronkusemalle poronkusemille essive poronkusemana poronkusemina translative poronkusemaksi poronkusemiksi instructive – poronkusemin abessive poronkusematta poronkusemitta comitative – poronkusemineen 1) Rare.