Kitinen

English

Etymology

First attested in 1908, from Finnish Kitinen; no further etymology for the name is known.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪtɪnɛn/

or as in Finnish

Proper noun

Kitinen

1. A major tributary of the river Kemi, Finland’s longest river.
   • 1908, William Johnson Sollas and Hertha B.C. Sollas (translators), Eduard Suess (author), The Face of the Earth (Das Antlitz der Erde) III, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, page 380:

     Sederholm, who visited the district south of lake Enare in 1898, confirms Jernström’s observations; Herr Sederholm also informs me that the Jatulian quartzite, coming from Kittilä continues towards the south-east and reaches the river Kitinen north of the church of Sodankylä.

   • 1950, Archivum: Tiedonannot, V-VIII, page 38:

     Crossing the strip of land between the Luiro and the Kitinen I arrived at Kairala village on the Kitinen. From this village a trip was made to Suvanto village and Akankoski on the Kitinen. The return route followed the Kitinen and the Kemijoki, and then along the highroad to Rovaniemi and Kemi.

   • 2005, Mark Nuttall (editor), Encyclopedia of the Arctic I–III (A–Z), Routledge, →ISBN (Master e-book), page 1,164/1, “Lappin Lääni”:

     The main rivers are the Muonio, Ounas, Ivalo, Tana, Kitinen, and Kemi. With the exception of Tana, they all drain southward into the Gulf of Bothnia.

Translations

major tributary of the river Kemi

• Finnish: Kitinen

Further reading

• Kitinen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• kinetin

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. Almost certainly a borrowing from Sami, but the etymon is unknown as it has not been preserved. Northern Sami Gittesjohka is reborrowed from Finnish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkitinen/, [ˈk̟it̪ine̞n]
• Rhymes: -itinen
• Syllabification^(key): Ki‧ti‧nen

Proper noun

Kitinen

1. Kitinen

Declension

Inflection of Kitinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative		Kitinen	—
genitive		Kitisen	—
partitive		Kitistä	—
illative		Kitiseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Kitinen	—
accusative	nom.	Kitinen	—
	gen.	Kitisen
genitive		Kitisen	—
partitive		Kitistä	—
inessive		Kitisessä	—
elative		Kitisestä	—
illative		Kitiseen	—
adessive		Kitisellä	—
ablative		Kitiseltä	—
allative		Kitiselle	—
essive		Kitisenä	—
translative		Kitiseksi	—
abessive		Kitisettä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Kitinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kitiseni — accusative nom. Kitiseni — gen. Kitiseni genitive Kitiseni — partitive Kitistäni — inessive Kitisessäni — elative Kitisestäni — illative Kitiseeni — adessive Kitiselläni — ablative Kitiseltäni — allative Kitiselleni — essive Kitisenäni — translative Kitisekseni — abessive Kitisettäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kitisesi — accusative nom. Kitisesi — gen. Kitisesi genitive Kitisesi — partitive Kitistäsi — inessive Kitisessäsi — elative Kitisestäsi — illative Kitiseesi — adessive Kitiselläsi — ablative Kitiseltäsi — allative Kitisellesi — essive Kitisenäsi — translative Kitiseksesi — abessive Kitisettäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kitisemme — accusative nom. Kitisemme — gen. Kitisemme genitive Kitisemme — partitive Kitistämme — inessive Kitisessämme — elative Kitisestämme — illative Kitiseemme — adessive Kitisellämme — ablative Kitiseltämme — allative Kitisellemme — essive Kitisenämme — translative Kitiseksemme — abessive Kitisettämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kitisenne — accusative nom. Kitisenne — gen. Kitisenne genitive Kitisenne — partitive Kitistänne — inessive Kitisessänne — elative Kitisestänne — illative Kitiseenne — adessive Kitisellänne — ablative Kitiseltänne — allative Kitisellenne — essive Kitisenänne — translative Kitiseksenne — abessive Kitisettänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Kitisensä — accusative nom. Kitisensä — gen. Kitisensä genitive Kitisensä — partitive Kitistään Kitistänsä — inessive Kitisessään Kitisessänsä — elative Kitisestään Kitisestänsä — illative Kitiseensä — adessive Kitisellään Kitisellänsä — ablative Kitiseltään Kitiseltänsä — allative Kitiselleen Kitisellensä — essive Kitisenään Kitisenänsä — translative Kitisekseen Kitiseksensä — abessive Kitisettään Kitisettänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Descendants

• English: Kitinen

Further reading

• Kitinen on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fi

Anagrams

• tinkien