voltti
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Swedish volt, from German Volte, from Italian volta.
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Noun
voltti
- (gymnastics) somersault (act of going head over heels without touching the ground, in any which way)
- (gymnastics) frontflip (act of doing a single forward somersault on the floor)
Declension
Inflection of voltti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | voltti | voltit | |
genitive | voltin | volttien | |
partitive | volttia | voltteja | |
illative | volttiin | voltteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | voltti | voltit | |
accusative | nom. | voltti | voltit |
gen. | voltin | ||
genitive | voltin | volttien | |
partitive | volttia | voltteja | |
inessive | voltissa | volteissa | |
elative | voltista | volteista | |
illative | volttiin | voltteihin | |
adessive | voltilla | volteilla | |
ablative | voltilta | volteilta | |
allative | voltille | volteille | |
essive | volttina | voltteina | |
translative | voltiksi | volteiksi | |
abessive | voltitta | volteitta | |
instructive | — | voltein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Usage notes
Synonyms
- (frontflip): etuperinvoltti, perusvoltti
Compounds
Etymology 2
< Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist known for his research on electricity.
Noun
voltti