Finnish

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Etymology

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tuhat (thousand) +‎ kunta

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtuhɑtˌkuntɑ/, [ˈt̪uɦɑ̝t̪ˌkun̪t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -untɑ
  • Syllabification(key): tu‧hat‧kun‧ta

Numeral

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tuhatkunta

  1. About one thousand.
    Kokoelmassani on tuhatkunta perhosta.
    There are about one thousand butterflies in my collection.
    Tuhatkunnasta seurattavasta osa on ihmisiä, jotka ovat saapuneet Suomeen turvapaikanhakijoina.
    Out of about one thousand people under surveillance some have arrived in Finland as asylum seekers.

Declension

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Inflection of tuhatkunta (Kotus type 10*J/koira, nt-nn gradation)
nominative tuhatkunta
genitive tuhatkunnan
partitive tuhatkuntaa
illative tuhatkuntaan
singular plural
nominative tuhatkunta
accusative nom. tuhatkunta
gen. tuhatkunnan
genitive tuhatkunnan
partitive tuhatkuntaa
inessive tuhatkunnassa
elative tuhatkunnasta
illative tuhatkuntaan
adessive tuhatkunnalla
ablative tuhatkunnalta
allative tuhatkunnalle
essive tuhatkuntana
translative tuhatkunnaksi
abessive tuhatkunnatta
instructive
comitative

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