maamassa
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
maa (“earth, soil”) + massa (“mass”), calque of Swedish jordmassa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maamassa
- (engineering, construction, mining) A large quantity of soil which needs to be, is being or has been removed from one place to another, or is subject to some other kind of action, such as clean-up or research.
- (geology) landmass (large continuous area of land, such as a continent or large island)
Usage notes edit
- (large quantity of soil): This is a technical term. The word maa (“soil”) would ordinarily be used.
Declension edit
Inflection of maamassa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | maamassa | maamassat | ||
genitive | maamassan | maamassojen | ||
partitive | maamassaa | maamassoja | ||
illative | maamassaan | maamassoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | maamassa | maamassat | ||
accusative | nom. | maamassa | maamassat | |
gen. | maamassan | |||
genitive | maamassan | maamassojen maamassainrare | ||
partitive | maamassaa | maamassoja | ||
inessive | maamassassa | maamassoissa | ||
elative | maamassasta | maamassoista | ||
illative | maamassaan | maamassoihin | ||
adessive | maamassalla | maamassoilla | ||
ablative | maamassalta | maamassoilta | ||
allative | maamassalle | maamassoille | ||
essive | maamassana | maamassoina | ||
translative | maamassaksi | maamassoiksi | ||
abessive | maamassatta | maamassoitta | ||
instructive | — | maamassoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |