poronkusema

Finnish

FWOTD – 25 January 2019

Etymology

Compound of poron (“reindeer's”) +‎ kusema (“peed by”); the distance a reindeer could travel without stopping to urinate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈporonˌkusemɑ/, [ˈpo̞ro̞ŋˌkus̠e̞mɑ]
• Rhymes: -usemɑ
• Syllabification: po‧ron‧ku‧se‧ma

Noun

poronkusema

1. an informal traditional measure of distance, not well defined but perhaps 7.5 kilometers at the most
   • 1998 May 4, Jaakko Tahkolahti, “Poronkusemalle saadaan tieteellisen tarkka mitta”, in Helsingin Sanomat‎^[1], retrieved 18 December 2018:

     (title)

     Poronkusema to get a scientifically accurate measurement

   • 2009 January 19, Mauri Nieminen, “Paljonko on poronkusema?”, in Tiede‎^[2], retrieved 18 December 2018:

     Poronkusemaksi määritellään matka, jonka poro kykenee kulkemaan virtsaamatta.

     A poronkusema is defined as the distance that a reindeer can go without having to urinate.

Declension

Inflection of poronkusema (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		poronkusema	poronkusemat
genitive		poronkuseman	poronkusemien
partitive		poronkusemaa	poronkusemia
illative		poronkusemaan	poronkusemiin
		singular	plural
nominative		poronkusema	poronkusemat
accusative	nom.	poronkusema	poronkusemat
	gen.	poronkuseman
genitive		poronkuseman	poronkusemien poronkusemainrare
partitive		poronkusemaa	poronkusemia
inessive		poronkusemassa	poronkusemissa
elative		poronkusemasta	poronkusemista
illative		poronkusemaan	poronkusemiin
adessive		poronkusemalla	poronkusemilla
ablative		poronkusemalta	poronkusemilta
allative		poronkusemalle	poronkusemille
essive		poronkusemana	poronkusemina
translative		poronkusemaksi	poronkusemiksi
instructive		—	poronkusemin
abessive		poronkusematta	poronkusemitta
comitative		—	poronkusemineen

Possessive forms of poronkusema (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	poronkusemani	poronkusemamme
2nd person	poronkusemasi	poronkusemanne
3rd person	poronkusemansa