kurttu
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably ultimately sound-symbolic.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkurtːu/, [ˈkurt̪ːu]
- Rhymes: -urtːu
- Syllabification(key): kurt‧tu
- Hyphenation(key): kurt‧tu
Noun
[edit]kurttu
- pucker, crinkle
- (music, informal) synonym of harmonikka
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of kurttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kurttu | kurtut | |
| genitive | kurtun | kurttujen | |
| partitive | kurttua | kurttuja | |
| illative | kurttuun | kurttuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kurttu | kurtut | |
| accusative | nom. | kurttu | kurtut |
| gen. | kurtun | ||
| genitive | kurtun | kurttujen | |
| partitive | kurttua | kurttuja | |
| inessive | kurtussa | kurtuissa | |
| elative | kurtusta | kurtuista | |
| illative | kurttuun | kurttuihin | |
| adessive | kurtulla | kurtuilla | |
| ablative | kurtulta | kurtuilta | |
| allative | kurtulle | kurtuille | |
| essive | kurttuna | kurttuina | |
| translative | kurtuksi | kurtuiksi | |
| abessive | kurtutta | kurtuitta | |
| instructive | — | kurtuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “kurttu”, 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 2 July 2023