keija
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Probably short for keijatuoli, dialectal synonym of keinutuoli (“rocking chair”), from keijua. Some potty chairs had curved bases allowing them to be rocked (compare .
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
keija
Declension edit
Inflection of keija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | keija | keijat | ||
genitive | keijan | keijojen | ||
partitive | keijaa | keijoja | ||
illative | keijaan | keijoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | keija | keijat | ||
accusative | nom. | keija | keijat | |
gen. | keijan | |||
genitive | keijan | keijojen keijainrare | ||
partitive | keijaa | keijoja | ||
inessive | keijassa | keijoissa | ||
elative | keijasta | keijoista | ||
illative | keijaan | keijoihin | ||
adessive | keijalla | keijoilla | ||
ablative | keijalta | keijoilta | ||
allative | keijalle | keijoille | ||
essive | keijana | keijoina | ||
translative | keijaksi | keijoiksi | ||
abessive | keijatta | keijoitta | ||
instructive | — | keijoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “keija”, 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