unssi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish uns, ultimately from Latin uncia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
unssi
- ounce (in Finland, either around 27.9, 29.6 or 28.3 grams depending on context)
Declension edit
Inflection of unssi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | unssi | unssit | ||
genitive | unssin | unssien | ||
partitive | unssia | unsseja | ||
illative | unssiin | unsseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | unssi | unssit | ||
accusative | nom. | unssi | unssit | |
gen. | unssin | |||
genitive | unssin | unssien | ||
partitive | unssia | unsseja | ||
inessive | unssissa | unsseissa | ||
elative | unssista | unsseista | ||
illative | unssiin | unsseihin | ||
adessive | unssilla | unsseilla | ||
ablative | unssilta | unsseilta | ||
allative | unssille | unsseille | ||
essive | unssina | unsseina | ||
translative | unssiksi | unsseiksi | ||
abessive | unssitta | unsseitta | ||
instructive | — | unssein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “unssi”, 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 2023-07-04