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valiokunta

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Finnish

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Etymology

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valio (choice, pick) +‎ kunta

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑlioˌkuntɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝lio̞ˌkun̪t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -untɑ
  • Syllabification(key): va‧li‧o‧kun‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): va‧lio‧kunta

Noun

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valiokunta

  1. standing committee
    1. standing committee (of the Finnish Parliament) (established parliamentary committee to which all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters regarding a defined scope of subjects get referred to)

Usage notes

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  • The term valiokunta is primarily used of standing committees of either the Finnish Parliament or some Finnish (regional) administrative bodies. Standing committees of other organizations are usually called pysyvä komitea.

Declension

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Inflection of valiokunta (Kotus type 10*J/koira, ntnn gradation)
nominative valiokunta valiokunnat
genitive valiokunnan valiokuntien
partitive valiokuntaa valiokuntia
illative valiokuntaan valiokuntiin
singular plural
nominative valiokunta valiokunnat
accusative nom. valiokunta valiokunnat
gen. valiokunnan
genitive valiokunnan valiokuntien
valiokuntain rare
partitive valiokuntaa valiokuntia
inessive valiokunnassa valiokunnissa
elative valiokunnasta valiokunnista
illative valiokuntaan valiokuntiin
adessive valiokunnalla valiokunnilla
ablative valiokunnalta valiokunnilta
allative valiokunnalle valiokunnille
essive valiokuntana valiokuntina
translative valiokunnaksi valiokunniksi
abessive valiokunnatta valiokunnitta
instructive valiokunnin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of valiokunta (Kotus type 10*J/koira, ntnn gradation)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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