kankkulan kaivo
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Kankkulan (“Kankkula's”) + kaivo (“well”). Originally just kaivo (“well”) would have been used, while Kankkula (Kanttula also attested) was made up for the alliteration based on the name Kankku.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (idiomatic) drain, abyss, sink, bottomless pit (waste of resources, such as money)
- Synonym: molokin kita
- mennä kankkulan kaivoon ― to go down the drain
Declension edit
Inflection of kankkulan kaivo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kankkulan kaivo | kankkulan kaivot | ||
genitive | kankkulan kaivon | kankkulan kaivojen | ||
partitive | kankkulan kaivoa | kankkulan kaivoja | ||
illative | kankkulan kaivoon | kankkulan kaivoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kankkulan kaivo | kankkulan kaivot | ||
accusative | nom. | kankkulan kaivo | kankkulan kaivot | |
gen. | kankkulan kaivon | |||
genitive | kankkulan kaivon | kankkulan kaivojen | ||
partitive | kankkulan kaivoa | kankkulan kaivoja | ||
inessive | kankkulan kaivossa | kankkulan kaivoissa | ||
elative | kankkulan kaivosta | kankkulan kaivoista | ||
illative | kankkulan kaivoon | kankkulan kaivoihin | ||
adessive | kankkulan kaivolla | kankkulan kaivoilla | ||
ablative | kankkulan kaivolta | kankkulan kaivoilta | ||
allative | kankkulan kaivolle | kankkulan kaivoille | ||
essive | kankkulan kaivona | kankkulan kaivoina | ||
translative | kankkulan kaivoksi | kankkulan kaivoiksi | ||
abessive | kankkulan kaivotta | kankkulan kaivoitta | ||
instructive | — | kankkulan kaivoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |