peentara

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *peentara. Cognates include Finnish piennar and Estonian peenar.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpeːntɑrɑ/, [ˈpeːntər]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpeːntɑrɑ/, [ˈpe̝ːntɑrɑ]
• Rhymes: -eːntɑr, -eːntɑrɑ
• Hyphenation: peen‧ta‧ra

Noun

peentara

1. bed (garden plot)
   • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetiikan oppikirja alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Șkoulun tarhaas yhest peentarast otettii 37 kg porkkanaa, toisest 3 kg enemmän.

     From one bed in the school garden 37 kg of carrot was taken, from another 3 kg more.

Declension

Declension of peentara (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	peentara	peentarat
genitive	peentaran	peentaroin
partitive	peentaraa	peentaroja
illative	peentaraa	peentaroihe
inessive	peentaraas	peentarois
elative	peentarast	peentaroist
allative	peentaralle	peentaroille
adessive	peentaraal	peentaroil
ablative	peentaralt	peentaroilt
translative	peentaraks	peentaroiks
essive	peentaranna, peentaraan	peentaroinna, peentaroin
exessive1)	peentarant	peentaroint
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

• hautapeentara

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 405