koltta
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Norwegian skolt (“skull”), because the Skolt Sami were often bald/hairless due to a skin condition.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
koltta
- Skolt (member of ethnic group)
- (linguistics) Synonym of koltansaame
Declension[edit]
Inflection of koltta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | koltta | koltat | ||
genitive | koltan | kolttien | ||
partitive | kolttaa | kolttia | ||
illative | kolttaan | kolttiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | koltta | koltat | ||
accusative | nom. | koltta | koltat | |
gen. | koltan | |||
genitive | koltan | kolttien kolttainrare | ||
partitive | kolttaa | kolttia | ||
inessive | koltassa | koltissa | ||
elative | koltasta | koltista | ||
illative | kolttaan | kolttiin | ||
adessive | koltalla | koltilla | ||
ablative | koltalta | koltilta | ||
allative | koltalle | koltille | ||
essive | kolttana | kolttina | ||
translative | koltaksi | koltiksi | ||
abessive | koltatta | koltitta | ||
instructive | — | koltin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “koltta”, 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