sonta
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *sonta, from Proto-Uralic *śonta. Cognate with Estonian sõnnik and Western Mari шандӹ (šandÿ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsonta
- dung, manure
- Synonym: lanta
- sitä enemmän sonta haisee, kun sitä pöyhii ― the more you stir it, the more it stinks (literally, “the more dung will stink the more you move it around”)
- crap (nonsense)
Declension
editInflection of sonta (Kotus type 10*J/koira, nt-nn gradation) | |||
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nominative | sonta | sonnat | |
genitive | sonnan | sontien | |
partitive | sontaa | sontia | |
illative | sontaan | sontiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sonta | sonnat | |
accusative | nom. | sonta | sonnat |
gen. | sonnan | ||
genitive | sonnan | sontien sontain rare | |
partitive | sontaa | sontia | |
inessive | sonnassa | sonnissa | |
elative | sonnasta | sonnista | |
illative | sontaan | sontiin | |
adessive | sonnalla | sonnilla | |
ablative | sonnalta | sonnilta | |
allative | sonnalle | sonnille | |
essive | sontana | sontina | |
translative | sonnaksi | sonniksi | |
abessive | sonnatta | sonnitta | |
instructive | — | sonnin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “sonta”, 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 2023-07-03
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