kukkalatva
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From kukka (“flower”) + latva (“treetop”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkukːɑˌlɑtʋɑ/, [ˈkukːəˌɫɑtʋ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkukːɑˌlɑtʋɑ/, [ˈkukːɑˌɫɑd̥ʋɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑtʋ, -ɑtʋɑ
- Hyphenation: kuk‧ka‧lat‧va
Adjective edit
kukkalatva (not comparable)
- (poetic) with a treetop full of flowers
- 1915, Oskar Groundstroem, anonymous quotee, “528. Soikkola, Säätinä, 228a”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot[1], volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 5-6:
- Mitä sie näit käyvässän? // Näin mie kuusen kukkalatvan,
- What did you see while walking? // I saw a spruce with a flowertop,
Declension edit
| Declension of kukkalatva (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kukkalatva | kukkalatvat |
| genitive | kukkalatvan | kukkalatvoin |
| partitive | kukkalatvaa | kukkalatvoja |
| illative | kukkalatvaa | kukkalatvoi |
| inessive | kukkalatvaas | kukkalatvois |
| elative | kukkalatvast | kukkalatvoist |
| allative | kukkalatvalle | kukkalatvoille |
| adessive | kukkalatvaal | kukkalatvoil |
| ablative | kukkalatvalt | kukkalatvoilt |
| translative | kukkalatvaks | kukkalatvoiks |
| essive | kukkalatvanna, kukkalatvaan | kukkalatvoinna, kukkalatvoin |
| exessive1) | kukkalatvant | kukkalatvoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||