puija
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]puida + -ja, agent noun of puida ("to thresh")
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpui̯jɑ/, [ˈpui̯j(ː)ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -uijɑ
- Syllabification(key): pui‧ja
- Hyphenation(key): pui‧ja
Noun
[edit]puija
- thresher (anyone who threshes)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of puija (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | puija | puijat | |
| genitive | puijan | puijien | |
| partitive | puijaa | puijia | |
| illative | puijaan | puijiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | puija | puijat | |
| accusative | nom. | puija | puijat |
| gen. | puijan | ||
| genitive | puijan | puijien puijain rare | |
| partitive | puijaa | puijia | |
| inessive | puijassa | puijissa | |
| elative | puijasta | puijista | |
| illative | puijaan | puijiin | |
| adessive | puijalla | puijilla | |
| ablative | puijalta | puijilta | |
| allative | puijalle | puijille | |
| essive | puijana | puijina | |
| translative | puijaksi | puijiksi | |
| abessive | puijatta | puijitta | |
| instructive | — | puijin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “puija”, 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