lanttu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Swedish planta (“seedling”) > planttu > lanttu (unlike turnip, the plant needs to be grown from seedlings to reach maturity in Finland's short summer).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lanttu (colloquial)
- rutabaga (North America); swede (chiefly UK); Swedish turnip (chiefly US), Brassica napus var. napobrassica; plus a number of regional common names (root and the plant) head, brain, noodle; usually together with the verb leikata (“to cut”)
- Sillä kaverilla lanttu leikkaa.
- That guy's got a sharp head.
- Eikö lanttu leikkaa?
- Don't you get it?
Declension edit
Inflection of lanttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | lanttu | lantut | ||
genitive | lantun | lanttujen | ||
partitive | lanttua | lanttuja | ||
illative | lanttuun | lanttuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | lanttu | lantut | ||
accusative | nom. | lanttu | lantut | |
gen. | lantun | |||
genitive | lantun | lanttujen | ||
partitive | lanttua | lanttuja | ||
inessive | lantussa | lantuissa | ||
elative | lantusta | lantuista | ||
illative | lanttuun | lanttuihin | ||
adessive | lantulla | lantuilla | ||
ablative | lantulta | lantuilta | ||
allative | lantulle | lantuille | ||
essive | lanttuna | lanttuina | ||
translative | lantuksi | lantuiksi | ||
abessive | lantutta | lantuitta | ||
instructive | — | lantuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
compounds
References edit
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “lanttu”, 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
Anagrams edit
Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish planta (“plant, seedling”), borrowed from Latin planta. Cognates include Finnish lanttu.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈlɑntːu/, [ˈɫɑntːŭ̥]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈlɑntːu/, [ˈɫɑntːu]
- Rhymes: -ɑntːu
- Hyphenation: lant‧tu
Noun edit
lanttu
- swede (type of turnip)
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 39:
- Kapussan, lantut, porkkanat.
- Cabbage, turnips, carrots.
Declension edit
Declension of lanttu (type 4/koivu, tt-t gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | lanttu | lantut |
genitive | lantun | lanttuin, lanttuloin |
partitive | lanttua | lanttuja, lanttuloja |
illative | lanttuu | lanttui, lanttuloihe |
inessive | lantuus | lantuis, lanttulois |
elative | lantust | lantuist, lanttuloist |
allative | lantulle | lantuille, lanttuloille |
adessive | lantuul | lantuil, lanttuloil |
ablative | lantult | lantuilt, lanttuloilt |
translative | lantuks | lantuiks, lanttuloiks |
essive | lanttunna, lanttuun | lanttuinna, lanttuloinna, lanttuin, lanttuloin |
exessive1) | lanttunt | lanttuint, lanttuloint |
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 edit
Descendants edit
- → Votic: lanttu
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 247
Votic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lanttu
Inflection edit
Declension of lanttu (type II/võrkko, tt-t gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | lanttu | lantud |
genitive | lantu | lanttujõ, lanttui |
partitive | lanttua | lanttuitõ, lanttui |
illative | lanttusõ, lanttu | lanttuisõ |
inessive | lantuz | lanttuiz |
elative | lantussõ | lanttuissõ |
allative | lantulõ | lanttuilõ |
adessive | lantullõ | lanttuillõ |
ablative | lantultõ | lanttuiltõ |
translative | lantussi | lanttuissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
References edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “lanttu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn