lippukunta
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
lippu (“flag”) + kunta (“corps”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lippukunta
- (scouting) scout group (local chapter of Scouts movement)
- (military, archaic) The basic fighting unit of Finnish infantry (part of Swedish armies) in 16th and 17th century consisting originally of about 500 men. In early 17th century the army was reorganized, the size of lippukunta was reduced to 200 and subsequently renamed to komppania (“company”).
Declension edit
Inflection of lippukunta (Kotus type 10*J/koira, nt-nn gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lippukunta | lippukunnat | ||
genitive | lippukunnan | lippukuntien | ||
partitive | lippukuntaa | lippukuntia | ||
illative | lippukuntaan | lippukuntiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lippukunta | lippukunnat | ||
accusative | nom. | lippukunta | lippukunnat | |
gen. | lippukunnan | |||
genitive | lippukunnan | lippukuntien lippukuntainrare | ||
partitive | lippukuntaa | lippukuntia | ||
inessive | lippukunnassa | lippukunnissa | ||
elative | lippukunnasta | lippukunnista | ||
illative | lippukuntaan | lippukuntiin | ||
adessive | lippukunnalla | lippukunnilla | ||
ablative | lippukunnalta | lippukunnilta | ||
allative | lippukunnalle | lippukunnille | ||
essive | lippukuntana | lippukuntina | ||
translative | lippukunnaksi | lippukunniksi | ||
abessive | lippukunnatta | lippukunnitta | ||
instructive | — | lippukunnin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (scout group): partiolippukunta
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “lippukunta”, 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 2023-07-03