kotikalja
Finnish
Etymology
Noun
kotikalja
- A traditional fermented, home-made, weak table drink made of malt and sugar; closely resembling kvass.
Usage notes
The difference between kalja and Russian kvass is that the former is made from malt whereas kvass is made of bread. Due to the similarity, also kvass is often called kalja in Finnish.
Declension
| Inflection of kotikalja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kotikalja | kotikaljat | |
| genitive | kotikaljan | kotikaljojen | |
| partitive | kotikaljaa | kotikaljoja | |
| illative | kotikaljaan | kotikaljoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kotikalja | kotikaljat | |
| accusative | nom. | kotikalja | kotikaljat |
| gen. | kotikaljan | ||
| genitive | kotikaljan | kotikaljojen kotikaljainrare | |
| partitive | kotikaljaa | kotikaljoja | |
| inessive | kotikaljassa | kotikaljoissa | |
| elative | kotikaljasta | kotikaljoista | |
| illative | kotikaljaan | kotikaljoihin | |
| adessive | kotikaljalla | kotikaljoilla | |
| ablative | kotikaljalta | kotikaljoilta | |
| allative | kotikaljalle | kotikaljoille | |
| essive | kotikaljana | kotikaljoina | |
| translative | kotikaljaksi | kotikaljoiksi | |
| instructive | — | kotikaljoin | |
| abessive | kotikaljatta | kotikaljoitta | |
| comitative | — | kotikaljoineen | |
Synonyms
- kalja (note: ambiguous term)
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