maanosa
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of maan (“earth's”) + osa (“part”); compare Swedish världsdel.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maanosa
Usage notes[edit]
When strictly used, refers to a cultural or historical division as compared to manner for a proper geographical continent.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of maanosa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | maanosa | maanosat | ||
genitive | maanosan | maanosien | ||
partitive | maanosaa | maanosia | ||
illative | maanosaan | maanosiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | maanosa | maanosat | ||
accusative | nom. | maanosa | maanosat | |
gen. | maanosan | |||
genitive | maanosan | maanosien maanosainrare | ||
partitive | maanosaa | maanosia | ||
inessive | maanosassa | maanosissa | ||
elative | maanosasta | maanosista | ||
illative | maanosaan | maanosiin | ||
adessive | maanosalla | maanosilla | ||
ablative | maanosalta | maanosilta | ||
allative | maanosalle | maanosille | ||
essive | maanosana | maanosina | ||
translative | maanosaksi | maanosiksi | ||
abessive | maanosatta | maanositta | ||
instructive | — | maanosin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hyponyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “maanosa”, 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