kassakaappi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
kassa (“cashbox”) + kaappi (“cabinet, closet”), calque of Swedish kassaskåp (“safe”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kassakaappi
- safe (box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping)
Usage notes edit
As the name indicates, kassakaappi is a relatively large safe, being at least the size of a typical TV set. Smaller safes, e.g. such as typically found in hotel rooms, are called tallelokero in Finnish.
Declension edit
Inflection of kassakaappi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kassakaappi | kassakaapit | ||
genitive | kassakaapin | kassakaappien | ||
partitive | kassakaappia | kassakaappeja | ||
illative | kassakaappiin | kassakaappeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kassakaappi | kassakaapit | ||
accusative | nom. | kassakaappi | kassakaapit | |
gen. | kassakaapin | |||
genitive | kassakaapin | kassakaappien | ||
partitive | kassakaappia | kassakaappeja | ||
inessive | kassakaapissa | kassakaapeissa | ||
elative | kassakaapista | kassakaapeista | ||
illative | kassakaappiin | kassakaappeihin | ||
adessive | kassakaapilla | kassakaapeilla | ||
ablative | kassakaapilta | kassakaapeilta | ||
allative | kassakaapille | kassakaapeille | ||
essive | kassakaappina | kassakaappeina | ||
translative | kassakaapiksi | kassakaapeiksi | ||
abessive | kassakaapitta | kassakaapeitta | ||
instructive | — | kassakaapein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “kassakaappi”, 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