niemimaa
Appearance
See also: Niemimaa
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈnie̯miˌmɑː/, [ˈnie̞̯miˌmɑ̝ː]
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Syllabification(key): nie‧mi‧maa
- Hyphenation(key): niemi‧maa
Noun
[edit]niemimaa
- (geography) (large) peninsula, subcontinent
- Near-synonym: niemi
- Arabian niemimaa ― Arabian Peninsula
- Balkanin niemimaa ― Balkan Peninsula
- Intian niemimaa ― Indian subcontinent
- Kuolan niemimaa ― Kola Peninsula
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of niemimaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | niemimaa | niemimaat | |
| genitive | niemimaan | niemimaiden niemimaitten | |
| partitive | niemimaata | niemimaita | |
| illative | niemimaahan | niemimaihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | niemimaa | niemimaat | |
| accusative | nom. | niemimaa | niemimaat |
| gen. | niemimaan | ||
| genitive | niemimaan | niemimaiden niemimaitten | |
| partitive | niemimaata | niemimaita | |
| inessive | niemimaassa | niemimaissa | |
| elative | niemimaasta | niemimaista | |
| illative | niemimaahan | niemimaihin | |
| adessive | niemimaalla | niemimailla | |
| ablative | niemimaalta | niemimailta | |
| allative | niemimaalle | niemimaille | |
| essive | niemimaana | niemimaina | |
| translative | niemimaaksi | niemimaiksi | |
| abessive | niemimaatta | niemimaitta | |
| instructive | — | niemimain | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “niemimaa”, 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 3 July 2023
