lanttu
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish planta (“seedling”) > planttu > lanttu (unlike turnip, the plant needs to be grown from seedlings to reach maturity in Finland's short summer).
Pronunciation
Noun
lanttu
- rutabaga (North America); swede (chiefly UK); Swedish turnip (chiefly US), Brassica napus var. napobrassica; plus a number of regional common names (root and the plant)
- (colloquial) head, brain, noodle; usually together with the verb leikata (“to cut”)
- Sillä kaverilla lanttu leikkaa.
- That guy's got a sharp head.
- Eikö lanttu leikkaa?
- Don't you get it?
Declension
Inflection of lanttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | lanttu | lantut | |
genitive | lantun | lanttujen | |
partitive | lanttua | lanttuja | |
illative | lanttuun | lanttuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lanttu | lantut | |
accusative | nom. | lanttu | lantut |
gen. | lantun | ||
genitive | lantun | lanttujen | |
partitive | lanttua | lanttuja | |
inessive | lantussa | lantuissa | |
elative | lantusta | lantuista | |
illative | lanttuun | lanttuihin | |
adessive | lantulla | lantuilla | |
ablative | lantulta | lantuilta | |
allative | lantulle | lantuille | |
essive | lanttuna | lanttuina | |
translative | lantuksi | lantuiksi | |
abessive | lantutta | lantuitta | |
instructive | — | lantuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish planta (“plant, seedling”), borrowed from Latin planta. Cognates include Finnish lanttu.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: lant‧tu
Noun
lanttu
- swede, turnip (Brassica napus)
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 39:
- Kapussan, lantut, porkkanat.
- Cabbage, turnips, carrots.
Declension
Declension of lanttu (type 4/koivu, tt-t gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | lanttu | lantut |
genitive | lantun | lanttuin, lanttuloin |
partitive | lanttua | lanttuja, lanttuloja |
illative | lanttuu | lanttui, lanttuloihe |
inessive | lantuus | lantuis, lanttulois |
elative | lantust | lantuist, lanttuloist |
allative | lantulle | lantuille, lanttuloille |
adessive | lantuul | lantuil, lanttuloil |
ablative | lantult | lantuilt, lanttuloilt |
translative | lantuks | lantuiks, lanttuloiks |
essive | lanttunna, lanttuun | lanttuinna, lanttuloinna, lanttuin, lanttuloin |
exessive1) | lanttunt | lanttuint, lanttuloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 247
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