maamassa
Finnish
editEtymology
editmaa (“earth, soil”) + massa (“mass”), calque of Swedish jordmassa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmaamassa
- (engineering, construction, mining) A large quantity of soil which needs to be, is being or has been removed from one place to another, or is subject to some other kind of action, such as clean-up or research.
- (geology) landmass (large continuous area of land, such as a continent or large island)
Usage notes
edit- (large quantity of soil): This is a technical term. The word maa (“soil”) would ordinarily be used.
Declension
editInflection of maamassa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | maamassa | maamassat | |
genitive | maamassan | maamassojen | |
partitive | maamassaa | maamassoja | |
illative | maamassaan | maamassoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | maamassa | maamassat | |
accusative | nom. | maamassa | maamassat |
gen. | maamassan | ||
genitive | maamassan | maamassojen maamassain rare | |
partitive | maamassaa | maamassoja | |
inessive | maamassassa | maamassoissa | |
elative | maamassasta | maamassoista | |
illative | maamassaan | maamassoihin | |
adessive | maamassalla | maamassoilla | |
ablative | maamassalta | maamassoilta | |
allative | maamassalle | maamassoille | |
essive | maamassana | maamassoina | |
translative | maamassaksi | maamassoiksi | |
abessive | maamassatta | maamassoitta | |
instructive | — | maamassoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
editCategories:
- Finnish compound terms
- Finnish terms calqued from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑsːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑsːɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Engineering
- fi:Construction
- fi:Mining
- fi:Geology
- Finnish kala-type nominals