heltta
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Cognate with Karelian heltta and possibly to dialectal Estonian helt (in western dialects, particularly Saaremaa), unless it is borrowed from Finnish.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
heltta
- wattle (loose, hanging skin on birds, animals and humans)
- snood (flap of skin on the beak of a turkey)
- (mycology) gill, lamella (of a mushroom)
Declension edit
Inflection of heltta (Kotus type 9*C/kala, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | heltta | heltat | ||
genitive | heltan | helttojen | ||
partitive | helttaa | helttoja | ||
illative | helttaan | helttoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | heltta | heltat | ||
accusative | nom. | heltta | heltat | |
gen. | heltan | |||
genitive | heltan | helttojen helttainrare | ||
partitive | helttaa | helttoja | ||
inessive | heltassa | heltoissa | ||
elative | heltasta | heltoista | ||
illative | helttaan | helttoihin | ||
adessive | heltalla | heltoilla | ||
ablative | heltalta | heltoilta | ||
allative | heltalle | heltoille | ||
essive | helttana | helttoina | ||
translative | heltaksi | heltoiksi | ||
abessive | heltatta | heltoitta | ||
instructive | — | heltoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “heltta”, 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 2023-07-02