maila
Basque edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maila inan
Declension edit
Declension of maila (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | maila | maila | mailak |
ergative | mailak | mailak | mailek |
dative | mailari | mailari | mailei |
genitive | mailaren | mailaren | mailen |
comitative | mailarekin | mailarekin | mailekin |
causative | mailarengatik | mailarengatik | mailengatik |
benefactive | mailarentzat | mailarentzat | mailentzat |
instrumental | mailaz | mailaz | mailez |
inessive | mailatan | mailan | mailetan |
locative | mailatako | mailako | mailetako |
allative | mailatara | mailara | mailetara |
terminative | mailataraino | mailaraino | mailetaraino |
directive | mailatarantz | mailarantz | mailetarantz |
destinative | mailatarako | mailarako | mailetarako |
ablative | mailatatik | mailatik | mailetatik |
partitive | mailarik | — | — |
prolative | mailatzat | — | — |
Further reading edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Swedish malj, from French mail, from Latin malleus. Metathesis took place in order to avoid the form *malja, which would have been homonymous with malja (“goblet, bowl, cup, chalice”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maila
- (sports) an implement used to handle the object being played with, such as a ball or a puck; translation into English depends on the kind of implement and the particular sport
- (pinball) flipper
Declension edit
Inflection of maila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | maila | mailat | ||
genitive | mailan | mailojen | ||
partitive | mailaa | mailoja | ||
illative | mailaan | mailoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | maila | mailat | ||
accusative | nom. | maila | mailat | |
gen. | mailan | |||
genitive | mailan | mailojen mailainrare | ||
partitive | mailaa | mailoja | ||
inessive | mailassa | mailoissa | ||
elative | mailasta | mailoista | ||
illative | mailaan | mailoihin | ||
adessive | mailalla | mailoilla | ||
ablative | mailalta | mailoilta | ||
allative | mailalle | mailoille | ||
essive | mailana | mailoina | ||
translative | mailaksi | mailoiksi | ||
abessive | mailatta | mailoitta | ||
instructive | — | mailoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
References edit
- ^ Koivulehto, Jorma & Kallio, Petri: Lainaetymologioita neljältä vuosikymmeneltä (2016). SUST 274.
Further reading edit
- “maila”, 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
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
maila
- third-person singular past historic of mailer
Anagrams edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From mai (“hither”) + lā (“there, then”).
Particle edit
maila