huiska
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from the onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic huiskaa, from Swedish viska (“whisk, bundle of twigs or straw”), or possibly both.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
huiska
Declension[edit]
Inflection of huiska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | huiska | huiskat | ||
genitive | huiskan | huiskien | ||
partitive | huiskaa | huiskia | ||
illative | huiskaan | huiskiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | huiska | huiskat | ||
accusative | nom. | huiska | huiskat | |
gen. | huiskan | |||
genitive | huiskan | huiskien huiskainrare | ||
partitive | huiskaa | huiskia | ||
inessive | huiskassa | huiskissa | ||
elative | huiskasta | huiskista | ||
illative | huiskaan | huiskiin | ||
adessive | huiskalla | huiskilla | ||
ablative | huiskalta | huiskilta | ||
allative | huiskalle | huiskille | ||
essive | huiskana | huiskina | ||
translative | huiskaksi | huiskiksi | ||
abessive | huiskatta | huiskitta | ||
instructive | — | huiskin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
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Further reading[edit]
- “huiska”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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