velkaorja
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom velka (“debt”) + orja (“slave”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvelkaorja
- (historical) indentured servant (debt bondage worker)
- (by extension, informal) debt slave (someone heavily in debt, an indebted person)
Declension
editInflection of velkaorja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | velkaorja | velkaorjat | ||
genitive | velkaorjan | velkaorjien | ||
partitive | velkaorjaa | velkaorjia | ||
illative | velkaorjaan | velkaorjiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | velkaorja | velkaorjat | ||
accusative | nom. | velkaorja | velkaorjat | |
gen. | velkaorjan | |||
genitive | velkaorjan | velkaorjien velkaorjain rare | ||
partitive | velkaorjaa | velkaorjia | ||
inessive | velkaorjassa | velkaorjissa | ||
elative | velkaorjasta | velkaorjista | ||
illative | velkaorjaan | velkaorjiin | ||
adessive | velkaorjalla | velkaorjilla | ||
ablative | velkaorjalta | velkaorjilta | ||
allative | velkaorjalle | velkaorjille | ||
essive | velkaorjana | velkaorjina | ||
translative | velkaorjaksi | velkaorjiksi | ||
abessive | velkaorjatta | velkaorjitta | ||
instructive | — | velkaorjin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “velkaorja”, 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