kautta
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
The partitive singular of kausi; the adpositions are derived through an older meaning of "road, way" or "passage (of a journey)".
Pronunciation edit
Postposition edit
kautta (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)
- through, via, by
- Ajoitko Kouvolan vai Haminan kautta?
- Did you drive via Kouvola or Hamina?
- Varaosat kannattaa tilata meidän kauttamme.
- It's beneficial to order the spare parts through us.
Inflection edit
Personal/possessive forms of kautta | ||
---|---|---|
no possessor | kautta | |
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | kauttani | kauttamme |
2nd person | kauttasi | kauttanne |
3rd person | kauttaan kauttansa |
Preposition edit
kautta (+ genitive)
- throughout
- kautta maailman ― throughout the World
- (figuratively) by, through (in interjections, etc.)
- kautta Teutateksen parran! ― by the beard of Toutatis!
Noun edit
kautta
- partitive singular of kausi
- Hän on jo kolmatta kautta presidenttinä.
- He's already serving his third term as president.
Noun edit
kautta (colloquial)
- (indeclinable) Ellipsis of kauttaviiva (“(informal) slash”).
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “kautta”, 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
Anagrams edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From the partitive of kaus (“period”). Akin to Finnish kautta.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯tːɑ/, [ˈkɑu̯tː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯tːɑ/, [ˈkɑu̯tːɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯tː, -ɑu̯tːɑ
- Hyphenation: kaut‧ta
Postposition edit
kautta (+ genitive)
- due to, because of
- through, by means of
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
- Naapurikeeliin, suomen, viron ja vadjan keeliin kera iƶoran keeli ono siottu oman strukturan, fonettisen, äänisostavan, kautta, mut iƶoran keeleel ono suur yhtehös i karjalan keelen kera.
- The Ingrian language is related to its neighbouring languages, Finnish, Estonian and Votic, through [its] own structure, that of phonetics, the inventory of sounds, but the Ingrian language has a strong connection with the Karelian language, too.
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 146