inha
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *inha (compare Estonian inetu, Ingrian inho, Karelian inho, Votic inõa).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editinha (comparative inhempi or inhampi, superlative inhin or inhoin)
- (poetic) bad, wicked, mean
- 1918, “Vilppulan urhojen muistolle”, Heikki Klemetti (music), lyrics by Heikki Klemetti:
- Se vala on koetettu puhtaana pitää; painettu on päin inhaa itää; kaikki, mi jaksoi kalpaa käyttää; ja pidetään vasta, nyt sekä aina.
- That oath have we tried to keep clean; we have fought against the wicked East; every one of us strong enough to use a sword; and we'll hold against it in the future, now and always.
- appalling, gross, disgusting
- 2013, (Please provide the book title or journal name), Helsinki: Iltalehti on Dec. 12, 2013:
- Muista tämä ja vältä inha jouluyllätys (header in an article warning against clogging the toilet bowl by pouring hot fat from roasting ham into it)
- Remember this and avoid an appalling Christmas surprise
- 1995, Rosa Liksom, Unohdettu vartti (collection of short stories), Helsinki: WSOY, →ISBN:
- Seitsemännessä kerroksessa oli inha löyhkä (title of a short story)
- There was an appalling smell on the seventh floor
Declension
editInflection of inha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | inha | inhat | |
genitive | inhan | inhojen | |
partitive | inhaa | inhoja | |
illative | inhaan | inhoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | inha | inhat | |
accusative | nom. | inha | inhat |
gen. | inhan | ||
genitive | inhan | inhojen inhain rare | |
partitive | inhaa | inhoja | |
inessive | inhassa | inhoissa | |
elative | inhasta | inhoista | |
illative | inhaan | inhoihin | |
adessive | inhalla | inhoilla | |
ablative | inhalta | inhoilta | |
allative | inhalle | inhoille | |
essive | inhana | inhoina | |
translative | inhaksi | inhoiksi | |
abessive | inhatta | inhoitta | |
instructive | — | inhoin | |
comitative | — | inhoine |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “inha”, 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 2023-07-02