From Proto-Finnic *hihna, from earlier *šišna, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic (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).
hihna
| 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 hihnain rare | |
| 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 | |
| abessive | hihnatta | hihnoitta | |
| instructive | — | hihnoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||