kissanhiekka
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kissan (“cat's”) + hiekka (“sand”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkisːɑnˌhie̯kːɑ/, [ˈk̟is̠ːɑ̝nˌhie̞̯kːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iekːɑ
- Syllabification(key): kis‧san‧hiek‧ka
Noun
[edit]kissanhiekka
- kitty litter (mix of sawdust, grit, etc. used to provide a soiling area for pet cats)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kissanhiekka (Kotus type 9*A/kala, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | kissanhiekka | kissanhiekat | |
genitive | kissanhiekan | kissanhiekkojen | |
partitive | kissanhiekkaa | kissanhiekkoja | |
illative | kissanhiekkaan | kissanhiekkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kissanhiekka | kissanhiekat | |
accusative | nom. | kissanhiekka | kissanhiekat |
gen. | kissanhiekan | ||
genitive | kissanhiekan | kissanhiekkojen kissanhiekkain rare | |
partitive | kissanhiekkaa | kissanhiekkoja | |
inessive | kissanhiekassa | kissanhiekoissa | |
elative | kissanhiekasta | kissanhiekoista | |
illative | kissanhiekkaan | kissanhiekkoihin | |
adessive | kissanhiekalla | kissanhiekoilla | |
ablative | kissanhiekalta | kissanhiekoilta | |
allative | kissanhiekalle | kissanhiekoille | |
essive | kissanhiekkana | kissanhiekkoina | |
translative | kissanhiekaksi | kissanhiekoiksi | |
abessive | kissanhiekatta | kissanhiekoitta | |
instructive | — | kissanhiekoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “kissanhiekka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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