torttu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish tårta (“torte, cake”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
torttu
- tart, pie, (small) cake (type of pastry, often open-topped)
- raparperitorttu ― rhubarb tart/pie
- omenatorttu ― apple tart/pie
- (colloquial) turd (piece of excrement)
- vääntää torttu ― to push out a turd
- (slang) pie (vulva)
Usage notes edit
- English word torte is a "false friend" - it is usually translated as kakku into Finnish.
- The terms torttu, piirakka, leivos and kakku are overlapping.
Declension edit
Inflection of torttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | torttu | tortut | ||
genitive | tortun | torttujen | ||
partitive | torttua | torttuja | ||
illative | torttuun | torttuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | torttu | tortut | ||
accusative | nom. | torttu | tortut | |
gen. | tortun | |||
genitive | tortun | torttujen | ||
partitive | torttua | torttuja | ||
inessive | tortussa | tortuissa | ||
elative | tortusta | tortuista | ||
illative | torttuun | torttuihin | ||
adessive | tortulla | tortuilla | ||
ablative | tortulta | tortuilta | ||
allative | tortulle | tortuille | ||
essive | torttuna | torttuina | ||
translative | tortuksi | tortuiksi | ||
abessive | tortutta | tortuitta | ||
instructive | — | tortuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “torttu”, 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