katti

English

Noun

katti (plural kattis)

1. Obsolete form of catty (“Chinese unit of weight”).

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑtːi/, [ˈkɑt̪ːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑtːi
• Syllabification^(key): kat‧ti

Etymology 1

From Swedish katt (“cat”).

Noun

katti

1. (colloquial) cat

Declension

Inflection of katti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation)
nominative		katti	katit
genitive		katin	kattien
partitive		kattia	katteja
illative		kattiin	katteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		katti	katit
accusative	nom.	katti	katit
	gen.	katin
genitive		katin	kattien
partitive		kattia	katteja
inessive		katissa	kateissa
elative		katista	kateista
illative		kattiin	katteihin
adessive		katilla	kateilla
ablative		katilta	kateilta
allative		katille	kateille
essive		kattina	katteina
translative		katiksi	kateiksi
instructive		—	katein
abessive		katitta	kateitta
comitative		—	katteineen

Possessive forms of katti (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kattini	kattimme
2nd person	kattisi	kattinne
3rd person	kattinsa

Synonyms

• kissa

Derived terms

• katin kontit

Compounds

• katinkulta
• katinlieko

Etymology 2

Clipping of katalysaattori

Noun

katti

1. (colloquial) Short for katalysaattori.

Anagrams

• aktit, katit, takit, tikat

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish katt.

Pronunciation

• (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑtːi/, [ˈkɑtːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑtːi
• Hyphenation: kat‧ti

Noun

katti

1. cat

Inflection

Declension of katti (type II/võrkko, tt-t gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	katti	katid
genitive	kati	kattije, kattijõ, katti
partitive	kattia	kattitõ, katti
illative	katti, kattisõ	kattije, kattijõ, kattisõ
inessive	katiz	kattiz
elative	katissõ	kattissõ
allative	katilõ	kattilõ
adessive	katillõ	kattillõ
ablative	katiltõ	kattiltõ
translative	katissi	kattissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “katti”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn