kontti
See also: köntti
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kont‧ti
- Rhymes: -ontːi
- IPA(key): [ˈkontːi]
Declension
| Inflection of kontti (Kotus type 5/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kontti | kontit | |
| genitive | kontin | konttien | |
| partitive | konttia | kontteja | |
| illative | konttiin | kontteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kontti | kontit | |
| accusative | nom. | kontti | kontit |
| gen. | kontin | ||
| genitive | kontin | konttien | |
| partitive | konttia | kontteja | |
| inessive | kontissa | konteissa | |
| elative | kontista | konteista | |
| illative | konttiin | kontteihin | |
| adessive | kontilla | konteilla | |
| ablative | kontilta | konteilta | |
| allative | kontille | konteille | |
| essive | konttina | kontteina | |
| translative | kontiksi | konteiksi | |
| instructive | — | kontein | |
| abessive | kontitta | konteitta | |
| comitative | — | kontteineen | |
Etymology 1
"Kullervo's Curse" a painting by Akseli Gallen-Kallela: a kontti can be seen next to the right leg of Kullervo.
From Proto-Uralic *konte. Also referred to a bag made of birch bark. Cognate to Estonian konts (“heel of a shoe”), Estonian könt (“stump”).
Noun
kontti
- traditional type of knapsack made of birch bark
- (dialectal) foot, paw
- (dialectal) shinbone of a reindeer
Derived terms
- (foot): katin kontit, kontinkieli, nelin kontin, nelinkontin
- Verbs: kontata
Compounds
Related terms
- (foot): kontallaan
Etymology 2
A standard shipping container.
Noun
kontti
- container, shipping container (very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods)
Derived terms
Anagrams
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