kanootti
Finnish
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Etymology
From Spanish canoa through (Canadian) French canot and Swedish kanot.[1]
Noun
kanootti
Usage notes
The Finnish word kanootti may refer both to kayak and canoe, or to other similar light boat. For the sake of clarity, eskimokanootti or kajakki may be used of a kayak and intiaanikanootti, inkkarikanootti, avokanootti and kanadalaiskanootti for a canoe.
Declension
Inflection of kanootti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kanootti | kanootit | ||
genitive | kanootin | kanoottien | ||
partitive | kanoottia | kanootteja | ||
illative | kanoottiin | kanootteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kanootti | kanootit | ||
accusative | nom. | kanootti | kanootit | |
gen. | kanootin | |||
genitive | kanootin | kanoottien | ||
partitive | kanoottia | kanootteja | ||
inessive | kanootissa | kanooteissa | ||
elative | kanootista | kanooteista | ||
illative | kanoottiin | kanootteihin | ||
adessive | kanootilla | kanooteilla | ||
ablative | kanootilta | kanooteilta | ||
allative | kanootille | kanooteille | ||
essive | kanoottina | kanootteina | ||
translative | kanootiksi | kanooteiksi | ||
abessive | kanootitta | kanooteitta | ||
instructive | — | kanootein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN