tinanvalanta
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
tinan (“of tin”) + valanta (“casting, pouring”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈtinɑnˌʋɑlɑntɑ/, [ˈt̪inɑ̝nˌʋɑ̝lɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑntɑ
- Syllabification(key): ti‧nan‧va‧lan‧ta
Noun[edit]
tinanvalanta
- tin casting (act of casting objects of molten tin)
- molybdomancy (ancient form of divination by interpreting shapes formed when molten metal, typically lead or tin is dropped into water; now chiefly practised for fun on New Year's Eve)
Usage notes[edit]
- Molybdomancy is a common New Year tradition in the Nordic countries and Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
- In Finland, tin used to be the favorite metal for New Year molybdomancy - hence the name - but is now replaced by cheaper lead.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tinanvalanta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tinanvalanta | tinanvalannat | ||
genitive | tinanvalannan | tinanvalantojen | ||
partitive | tinanvalantaa | tinanvalantoja | ||
illative | tinanvalantaan | tinanvalantoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tinanvalanta | tinanvalannat | ||
accusative | nom. | tinanvalanta | tinanvalannat | |
gen. | tinanvalannan | |||
genitive | tinanvalannan | tinanvalantojen tinanvalantain rare | ||
partitive | tinanvalantaa | tinanvalantoja | ||
inessive | tinanvalannassa | tinanvalannoissa | ||
elative | tinanvalannasta | tinanvalannoista | ||
illative | tinanvalantaan | tinanvalantoihin | ||
adessive | tinanvalannalla | tinanvalannoilla | ||
ablative | tinanvalannalta | tinanvalannoilta | ||
allative | tinanvalannalle | tinanvalannoille | ||
essive | tinanvalantana | tinanvalantoina | ||
translative | tinanvalannaksi | tinanvalannoiksi | ||
abessive | tinanvalannatta | tinanvalannoitta | ||
instructive | — | tinanvalannoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tinanvalanta”, 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 2023-07-03