kankkulan kaivo
Finnish
Etymology
From Kankkulan (“Kankkula's”) + kaivo (“well”). Originally just kaivo (“well”) would have been used, while Kankkula (Kanttula also attested) was made up for the alliteration based on the name Kankku.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋkːulɑn ˈkɑi̯ʋo/, [ˈkɑŋkːulɑŋ ˈkɑi̯ʋo̞]
Noun
kankkulan kaivo
- (idiomatic) drain, abyss, sink, bottomless pit (waste of resources, such as money)
- Synonym: molokin kita
- mennä kankkulan kaivoon ― to go down the drain
Declension
| Inflection of kankkulan kaivo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kankkulan kaivo | kankkulan kaivot | |
| genitive | kankkulan kaivon | kankkulan kaivojen | |
| partitive | kankkulan kaivoa | kankkulan kaivoja | |
| illative | kankkulan kaivoon | kankkulan kaivoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kankkulan kaivo | kankkulan kaivot | |
| accusative | nom. | kankkulan kaivo | kankkulan kaivot |
| gen. | kankkulan kaivon | ||
| genitive | kankkulan kaivon | kankkulan kaivojen | |
| partitive | kankkulan kaivoa | kankkulan kaivoja | |
| inessive | kankkulan kaivossa | kankkulan kaivoissa | |
| elative | kankkulan kaivosta | kankkulan kaivoista | |
| illative | kankkulan kaivoon | kankkulan kaivoihin | |
| adessive | kankkulan kaivolla | kankkulan kaivoilla | |
| ablative | kankkulan kaivolta | kankkulan kaivoilta | |
| allative | kankkulan kaivolle | kankkulan kaivoille | |
| essive | kankkulan kaivona | kankkulan kaivoina | |
| translative | kankkulan kaivoksi | kankkulan kaivoiksi | |
| instructive | — | kankkulan kaivoin | |
| abessive | kankkulan kaivotta | kankkulan kaivoitta | |
| comitative | — | kankkulan kaivoineen | |
| Possessive forms of kankkulan kaivo (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kankkulan kaivoni | kankkulan kaivomme |
| 2nd person | kankkulan kaivosi | kankkulan kaivonne |
| 3rd person | kankkulan kaivonsa | |
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