puuvilla
Finnish
Etymology
puu (“tree”) + villa (“wool”); calque of German Baumwolle (“cotton”), which is a compound of Baum (“tree”) + Wolle (“wool”).
Pronunciation
Noun
puuvilla
- cotton (type of plant used as a source of cotton fiber)
- cotton (raw material)
- cotton (textile)
Declension
Inflection of puuvilla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | puuvilla | puuvillat | ||
genitive | puuvillan | puuvillojen | ||
partitive | puuvillaa | puuvilloja | ||
illative | puuvillaan | puuvilloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | puuvilla | puuvillat | ||
accusative | nom. | puuvilla | puuvillat | |
gen. | puuvillan | |||
genitive | puuvillan | puuvillojen puuvillain rare | ||
partitive | puuvillaa | puuvilloja | ||
inessive | puuvillassa | puuvilloissa | ||
elative | puuvillasta | puuvilloista | ||
illative | puuvillaan | puuvilloihin | ||
adessive | puuvillalla | puuvilloilla | ||
ablative | puuvillalta | puuvilloilta | ||
allative | puuvillalle | puuvilloille | ||
essive | puuvillana | puuvilloina | ||
translative | puuvillaksi | puuvilloiksi | ||
abessive | puuvillatta | puuvilloitta | ||
instructive | — | puuvilloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (type of plant): puuvillapensas
- (raw material): pumpuli (archaic)
- (textile): puuvillakangas, pumpulikangas, puuvillalanka, pumpulilanka