Ingrian

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Etymology

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From terva (tar) +‎ rinta (chest).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tervarinta (not comparable)

  1. (poetic) having a tarred chest
    • 1915, Volmari Porkka, quoting Oute Loan kylästä, “1140. Soikkola, Tarinaisi, III2”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot[1], volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 14-15:
      Punapurjeen purjehtiva, // Tervarinnan tempovanna,
      A red-sailed one sailing, // A tar-chested one pulling,

Declension

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Declension of tervarinta (type 3/kana, nt-nn gradation)
singular plural
nominative tervarinta tervarinnat
genitive tervarinnan tervarintoin
partitive tervarintaa tervarintoja
illative tervarintaa tervarintoi
inessive tervarinnaas tervarinnois
elative tervarinnast tervarinnoist
allative tervarinnalle tervarinnoille
adessive tervarinnaal tervarinnoil
ablative tervarinnalt tervarinnoilt
translative tervarinnaks tervarinnoiks
essive tervarintanna, tervarintaan tervarintoinna, tervarintoin
exessive1) tervarintant tervarintoint
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.