vihta

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vihta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋihtɑ/, [ˈʋiçt̪ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ihtɑ
  • Syllabification(key): vih‧ta

Noun

vihta

  1. bath broom, a kind of whip made of birch twigs and used in the sauna to enhance the effect of heat by beating oneself with it.

Usage notes

Traditionally vihta was used more often in Western Finnish, while vasta was used in Eastern Finnish.

Declension

Inflection of vihta (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative vihta vihdat
genitive vihdan vihtojen
partitive vihtaa vihtoja
illative vihtaan vihtoihin
singular plural
nominative vihta vihdat
accusative nom. vihta vihdat
gen. vihdan
genitive vihdan vihtojen
vihtainrare
partitive vihtaa vihtoja
inessive vihdassa vihdoissa
elative vihdasta vihdoista
illative vihtaan vihtoihin
adessive vihdalla vihdoilla
ablative vihdalta vihdoilta
allative vihdalle vihdoille
essive vihtana vihtoina
translative vihdaksi vihdoiksi
instructive vihdoin
abessive vihdatta vihdoitta
comitative vihtoineen
Possessive forms of vihta (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person vihtani vihtamme
2nd person vihtasi vihtanne
3rd person vihtansa

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Pite Sami

Pite Sami numbers (edit)
[a], [b]   4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: vihta
    Ordinal: vidát

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vittë

Numeral

vihta

  1. five

Further reading

  • vihta in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (Pite Sami word list)
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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