kangas

See also: Kangas and kängas

English

Noun

kangas

  1. plural of kanga

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɑŋːɑs]
  • Hyphenation: kan‧gas
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑs

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kangas, from Germanic.

Noun

kangas

  1. cloth, fabric or textile (woven fabric)
  2. material (cloth to be made into a garment)
Declension
Inflection of kangas (Kotus type 41/vieras, nk-ng gradation)
nominative kangas kankaat
genitive kankaan kankaiden
kankaitten
partitive kangasta kankaita
illative kankaaseen kankaisiin
singular plural
nominative kangas kankaat
accusative nom. kangas kankaat
gen. kankaan
genitive kankaan kankaiden
kankaitten
partitive kangasta kankaita
inessive kankaassa kankaissa
elative kankaasta kankaista
illative kankaaseen kankaisiin
kankaihinrare
adessive kankaalla kankailla
ablative kankaalta kankailta
allative kankaalle kankaille
essive kankaana kankaina
translative kankaaksi kankaiksi
instructive — kankain
abessive kankaatta kankaitta
comitative — kankaineen

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *kangas, from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (“way, passage”), boreal forests being easily passable. Possibly a doublet with kankare.

Noun

kangas

  1. A soil type: firm, moraine ground covered with a relatively thin layer of organic topsoil called podsol; also kangasmaa.
  2. A forest type growing on such soil, predominantly coniferous; boreal forest; also kangasmetsä.
Declension
Inflection of kangas (Kotus type 41/vieras, nk-ng gradation)
nominative kangas kankaat
genitive kankaan kankaiden
kankaitten
partitive kangasta kankaita
illative kankaaseen kankaisiin
singular plural
nominative kangas kankaat
accusative nom. kangas kankaat
gen. kankaan
genitive kankaan kankaiden
kankaitten
partitive kangasta kankaita
inessive kankaassa kankaissa
elative kankaasta kankaista
illative kankaaseen kankaisiin
kankaihinrare
adessive kankaalla kankailla
ablative kankaalta kankailta
allative kankaalle kankaille
essive kankaana kankaina
translative kankaaksi kankaiksi
instructive — kankain
abessive kankaatta kankaitta
comitative — kankaineen
Derived terms

See also

Karelian

Noun

kangas

  1. fabric
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