tontti
See also: Tontti
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittontti
- lot, plot, parcel, property (distinct portion or plot of land, especially one containing or intended to contain a building, and the boundaries of which have been delineated by a public entity)
- Missä kulkee tontin raja?
- Where does the lot/property line go?
- Omistan tontin merenrannalla.
- I own a plot of land by the seashore.
- (ball games) the part of a playing field that a specific player, such as an infielder or outfielder in baseball, is meant to be responsible for (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension
editInflection of tontti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | tontti | tontit | |
genitive | tontin | tonttien | |
partitive | tonttia | tontteja | |
illative | tonttiin | tontteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tontti | tontit | |
accusative | nom. | tontti | tontit |
gen. | tontin | ||
genitive | tontin | tonttien | |
partitive | tonttia | tontteja | |
inessive | tontissa | tonteissa | |
elative | tontista | tonteista | |
illative | tonttiin | tontteihin | |
adessive | tontilla | tonteilla | |
ablative | tontilta | tonteilta | |
allative | tontille | tonteille | |
essive | tonttina | tontteina | |
translative | tontiksi | tonteiksi | |
abessive | tontitta | tonteitta | |
instructive | — | tontein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “tontti”, 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
Ingrian
editEtymology
editRelated to Finnish tonttu (“elf”) and Estonian tont (“evil spirit”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtontːi/, [ˈto̞ntʲː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtontːi/, [ˈto̞ntːi]
- Rhymes: -ontʲː, -ontːi
- Hyphenation: tont‧ti
Noun
edittontti
Declension
editDeclension of tontti (type 5/vahti, tt-t gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tontti | tontit |
genitive | tontin | tonttiin, tonttiloin |
partitive | tonttia | tonttija, tonttiloja |
illative | tonttii | tonttii, tonttiloihe |
inessive | tontiis | tonttiis, tonttilois |
elative | tontist | tonttiist, tonttiloist |
allative | tontille | tonttiille, tonttiloille |
adessive | tontiil | tonttiil, tonttiloil |
ablative | tontilt | tonttiilt, tonttiloilt |
translative | tontiks | tonttiiks, tonttiloiks |
essive | tonttinna, tonttiin | tonttiinna, tonttiloinna, tonttiin, tonttiloin |
exessive1) | tonttint | tonttiint, tonttiloint |
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. |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “тойти [sic]”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 677
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 592
Karelian
editEtymology 1
editLikely from Finnish tontti, as this term is only attested in the dialects of Suojärvi and Suistamo, which used to belong to Finland while the Finnish term is derived from Swedish.
Noun
edittontti
Etymology 2
editPossibly from Finnish tonttu. First sense attested only from Petsamo, second meaning only from Suojärvi and Suistamo.
Noun
edittontti
- a type of forest spirit, an elf
- (derogatory) kid, whippersnapper
References
editCategories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ontːi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ontːi/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- fi:Ball games
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ontʲː
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ontʲː/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ontːi
- Rhymes:Ingrian/ontːi/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Ingrian vulgarities
- Ingrian terms with obsolete senses
- Karelian terms borrowed from Finnish
- Karelian terms derived from Finnish
- Karelian lemmas
- Karelian nouns
- Karelian derogatory terms