hankikanto

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Finnish

Etymology

hanki +‎ kanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɑŋkiˌkɑnto/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑnto
  • Hyphenation(key): hanki‧kanto

Noun

hankikanto

  1. snow crust, especially the spring crust (surface of snow in spring when it is strong enough to support objects that would normally sink into it such as a walking person, caused by alternating thawing during the day and freezing during the night)

Declension

Inflection of hankikanto (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)
nominative hankikanto hankikannot
genitive hankikannon hankikantojen
partitive hankikantoa hankikantoja
illative hankikantoon hankikantoihin
singular plural
nominative hankikanto hankikannot
accusative nom. hankikanto hankikannot
gen. hankikannon
genitive hankikannon hankikantojen
partitive hankikantoa hankikantoja
inessive hankikannossa hankikannoissa
elative hankikannosta hankikannoista
illative hankikantoon hankikantoihin
adessive hankikannolla hankikannoilla
ablative hankikannolta hankikannoilta
allative hankikannolle hankikannoille
essive hankikantona hankikantoina
translative hankikannoksi hankikannoiksi
abessive hankikannotta hankikannoitta
instructive hankikannoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of hankikanto (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)

Synonyms

References

  • "snow crust" in Glossary of Meteorology by the American Meteorological Society

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