hatara

See also: határa

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Karelian hatara. Probably related to dialectal hatea and possibly in some way also to hutera. SSA tentatively connects hatara with scarcely attested hata (“sprout; a plant resembling horsetail”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑtɑrɑ/, [ˈhɑt̪ɑrɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtɑrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ha‧ta‧ra

Adjective

hatara (comparative hatarampi, superlative hatarin)

  1. shaky, flimsy
    Hökkeli vaikuttaa kovin hataralta.
    The shack looks terribly shaky.
  2. feeble
    Hänellä oli pelkkä hatara käsitys asiasta.
    He had only a feeble grasp of the subject.

Declension
Inflection of hatara (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation)
nominative hatara hatarat
genitive hataran hatarien
hataroiden
hataroitten
partitive hataraa hataria
hataroita
illative hataraan hatariin
hataroihin
singular plural
nominative hatara hatarat
accusative nom. hatara hatarat
gen. hataran
genitive hataran hatarien
hataroiden
hataroitten
hatarojenrare
hatarainrare
partitive hataraa hataria
hataroita
hatarojarare
inessive hatarassa hataroissa
hatarissa
elative hatarasta hataroista
hatarista
illative hataraan hatariin
hataroihin
adessive hataralla hataroilla
hatarilla
ablative hataralta hataroilta
hatarilta
allative hataralle hataroille
hatarille
essive hatarana hataroina
hatarina
translative hataraksi hataroiksi
hatariksi
instructive — hataroin
hatarin
abessive hataratta hataroitta
hataritta
comitative — hataroine
hatarine
Possessive forms of hatara (type omena)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor singular plural
1st person hatarani hataramme
2nd person hatarasi hataranne
3rd person hataransa

Derived terms

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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