kuivakakku
Finnish
Etymology
kuiva (“dry”) + kakku (“cake”)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑkːu
- Hyphenation: kui‧va‧kak‧ku
Noun
kuivakakku
- A type of non-layered dry cake, often but not necessarily a bundt cake.
Usage notes
- In Finnish, cakes are usually named according to their ingredients, not their shape. The term kuivakakku however refers to the texture of the cake, and such cakes are often baked in a bundt pan (which has given the English name to the bundt cake), but also a straight mould may be used. A kuivakakku may also be called maustekakku, tiikerikakku, sokerikakku, sitruunakakku, and even hiekkakakku depending on its taste or appearance.
Declension
Inflection of kuivakakku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kuivakakku | kuivakakut | ||
genitive | kuivakakun | kuivakakkujen | ||
partitive | kuivakakkua | kuivakakkuja | ||
illative | kuivakakkuun | kuivakakkuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kuivakakku | kuivakakut | ||
accusative | nom. | kuivakakku | kuivakakut | |
gen. | kuivakakun | |||
genitive | kuivakakun | kuivakakkujen | ||
partitive | kuivakakkua | kuivakakkuja | ||
inessive | kuivakakussa | kuivakakuissa | ||
elative | kuivakakusta | kuivakakuista | ||
illative | kuivakakkuun | kuivakakkuihin | ||
adessive | kuivakakulla | kuivakakuilla | ||
ablative | kuivakakulta | kuivakakuilta | ||
allative | kuivakakulle | kuivakakuille | ||
essive | kuivakakkuna | kuivakakkuina | ||
translative | kuivakakuksi | kuivakakuiksi | ||
abessive | kuivakakutta | kuivakakuitta | ||
instructive | — | kuivakakuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Rarely, both parts of the word are declined: Lua error in Module:fi-nominals at line 192: Vowel harmony (parameter 9) must be "a" or "ä".