kultahippu

Finnish

Etymology

kulta +‎ hippu

Noun

kultahippu

  1. gold nugget (naturally occurring piece of native gold)

Declension
Inflection of kultahippu (Kotus type 1/valo, pp-p gradation)
nominative kultahippu kultahiput
genitive kultahipun kultahippujen
partitive kultahippua kultahippuja
illative kultahippuun kultahippuihin
singular plural
nominative kultahippu kultahiput
accusative nom. kultahippu kultahiput
gen. kultahipun
genitive kultahipun kultahippujen
partitive kultahippua kultahippuja
inessive kultahipussa kultahipuissa
elative kultahipusta kultahipuista
illative kultahippuun kultahippuihin
adessive kultahipulla kultahipuilla
ablative kultahipulta kultahipuilta
allative kultahipulle kultahipuille
essive kultahippuna kultahippuina
translative kultahipuksi kultahipuiksi
instructive — kultahipuin
abessive kultahiputta kultahipuitta
comitative — kultahippuineen
Possessive forms of kultahippu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person kultahippuni kultahippumme
2nd person kultahippusi kultahippunne
3rd person kultahippunsa

Hyponyms
  • The Finnish goldminers name the nuggets by their size as follows:
    • hengetön (“lifeless”): smaller than 0,5 mm by largest measure
    • saivare (“nit”) 0,6 mm to 0,9 mm
    • penikkatäi (“baby louse”) 1 mm to 2 mm
    • täi (“louse”) 2 mm to 4 mm
    • lutikka (“bedbug”) 5 mm to 9 mm
    • russakka (“German cockroach”) 10 mm to 14 mm
    • isomus (“large one”) or isommus larger than 15 mm
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