povitasku
Finnish
editEtymology
editpovi (“breast”) + tasku (“pocket”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpovitasku
- inside pocket, inside jacket pocket (pocket inside of a jacket at breast level)
Usage notes
edit- The word for "breast pocket", i.e. a pocket over one's breast outside the jacket or other garment is formed in Finnish with another word for breast, see rintatasku.
- The Finnish word for a pocket which is inside the garment in an unspecified place is sisätasku (“inner pocket, inside pocket”).
Declension
editInflection of povitasku (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | povitasku | povitaskut | |
genitive | povitaskun | povitaskujen | |
partitive | povitaskua | povitaskuja | |
illative | povitaskuun | povitaskuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | povitasku | povitaskut | |
accusative | nom. | povitasku | povitaskut |
gen. | povitaskun | ||
genitive | povitaskun | povitaskujen | |
partitive | povitaskua | povitaskuja | |
inessive | povitaskussa | povitaskuissa | |
elative | povitaskusta | povitaskuista | |
illative | povitaskuun | povitaskuihin | |
adessive | povitaskulla | povitaskuilla | |
ablative | povitaskulta | povitaskuilta | |
allative | povitaskulle | povitaskuille | |
essive | povitaskuna | povitaskuina | |
translative | povitaskuksi | povitaskuiksi | |
abessive | povitaskutta | povitaskuitta | |
instructive | — | povitaskuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “povitasku”, 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 2023-07-03