hihna

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hihna, from earlier *šišna, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian šikšnà (“strap, belt, leather”)), if the Baltic and Finnic words are not from a substrate.[1] Related to Erzya кшна (kšna, “strap”) (of the same origin).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhihnɑ/, [ˈhihnɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ihnɑ
  • Syllabification(key): hih‧na

Noun

hihna

  1. strap, band; especially one that is made of leather or other strong material
  2. thong (leather strap)
  3. leash, lead
  4. (machinery) belt
    tuulettimen hihna ― fanbelt
  5. (colloquial) conveyor, especially belt conveyor

Declension
Inflection of hihna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative hihna hihnat
genitive hihnan hihnojen
partitive hihnaa hihnoja
illative hihnaan hihnoihin
singular plural
nominative hihna hihnat
accusative nom. hihna hihnat
gen. hihnan
genitive hihnan hihnojen
hihnainrare
partitive hihnaa hihnoja
inessive hihnassa hihnoissa
elative hihnasta hihnoista
illative hihnaan hihnoihin
adessive hihnalla hihnoilla
ablative hihnalta hihnoilta
allative hihnalle hihnoille
essive hihnana hihnoina
translative hihnaksi hihnoiksi
instructive — hihnoin
abessive hihnatta hihnoitta
comitative — hihnoineen
Possessive forms of hihna (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person hihnani hihnamme
2nd person hihnasi hihnanne
3rd person hihnansa

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References
  1. Junttila, Santeri; Kallio, Petri; Holopainen, Sampsa; Kuokkala, Juha; Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “hihna”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29

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