kangas
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Kangas (1).
English
Noun
kangas
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *kangas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (compare Danish gang (“forty warp threads”), Middle High German ganc (“warp count (in weaving)”), Middle Low German ganc (“warp count (in weaving)”)).
Noun
kangas
Declension
| Inflection of kangas (Kotus type 41*G/vieras, nk-ng gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kangas | kankaat | |
| genitive | kankaan | kankaiden kankaitten | |
| partitive | kangasta | kankaita | |
| illative | kankaaseen | kankaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kangas | kankaat | |
| accusative | nom. | kangas | kankaat |
| gen. | kankaan | ||
| genitive | kankaan | kankaiden kankaitten kangasten rare | |
| partitive | kangasta | kankaita | |
| inessive | kankaassa | kankaissa | |
| elative | kankaasta | kankaista | |
| illative | kankaaseen | kankaisiin kankaihin rare | |
| adessive | kankaalla | kankailla | |
| ablative | kankaalta | kankailta | |
| allative | kankaalle | kankaille | |
| essive | kankaana | kankaina | |
| translative | kankaaksi | kankaiksi | |
| abessive | kankaatta | kankaitta | |
| instructive | — | kankain | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
- asbestikangas
- brodyyrikangas
- farkkukangas
- farmarikangas
- flammukangas
- friisikangas
- froteekangas
- hamekangas
- harsokangas
- hiilikuitukangas
- hiomakangas
- housukangas
- huonekalukangas
- huopakangas
- jakardikangas
- jalkarättikangas
- jouhikangas
- joustokangas
- julistekangas
- juustokangas
- juuttikangas
- jäykistekangas
- kalanruotokangas
- kampalankakangas
- kanavakangas
- kangaseläin
- kangaskansi
- kangaskantinen
- kangaskassi
- kangaskauppa
- kangaskauppias
- kangaskenkä
- kangaslaatu
- kangaslaji
- kangasliike
- kangasliima
- kangasmyymälä
- kangaspaino
- kangaspakka
- kangaspala
- kangaspuut
- kangaspäällyksinen
- kangaspäällys
- kangaspäällysteinen
- kangastakki
- kangastapetti
- kangasteollisuus
- kangastilkku
- kangastukki
- kankaankudonta
- kankaankutoja
- kankaanpainaja
- kankaanpainanta
- kankaanpala
- kankainen
- kankuri
- kappakangas
- karstalankakangas
- kesäkangas
- khakikangas
- kilpikangas
- kovikekangas
- kreppikangas
- kuitukangas
- kumikangas
- kuponkikangas
- kuviokangas
- laajakangas
- laajakangaselokuva
- laavukangas
- lakanakangas
- laskuvarjokangas
- leninkikangas
- liimakangas
- liinakangas
- liituraitakangas
- lintuniisikangas
- maarakennuskangas
- markiisikangas
- metallikangas
- mikrokuitukangas
- mokkakangas
- nailonkangas
- neulekangas
- neuloskangas
- nukkakangas
- ommelkangas
- ontelokangas
- painokangas
- paitakangas
- paperikangas
- patjakangas
- pellavakangas
- plyysikangas
- pukukangas
- pumpulikangas
- purjekangas
- puuvillakangas
- pyyhekangas
- pyyheliinakangas
- päälliskangas
- rohdinkangas
- sekoitekangas
- siiviläkangas
- silkkikangas
- sisustuskangas
- smirgelikangas
- suodatinkangas
- suodatuskangas
- säkkikangas
- taustakangas
- teddykangas
- telttakangas
- tikkikangas
- tohvelikangas
- toppakangas
- tukikangas
- tuulikangas
- tweedkangas
- untuvakangas
- vahakangas
- valkokangas
- verhoilukangas
- verhokangas
- verkkokangas
- villakangas
- vohvelikangas
- vuorikangas
- öljykangas
- öljykangastakki
Further reading
- “1. kangas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *kangas, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (“way, passage”) (compare German Gang), boreal forests being easily passable.
Noun
kangas
- A soil type: firm, moraine ground covered with a relatively thin layer of organic topsoil called podsol
- Synonym: kangasmaa
- A forest type growing on such soil, predominantly coniferous; boreal forest
- Synonym: kangasmetsä
Usage notes
Common element in place names and surnames, certainly more so than etymology 1.
Declension
| Inflection of kangas (Kotus type 41*G/vieras, nk-ng gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kangas | kankaat | |
| genitive | kankaan | kankaiden kankaitten | |
| partitive | kangasta | kankaita | |
| illative | kankaaseen | kankaisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kangas | kankaat | |
| accusative | nom. | kangas | kankaat |
| gen. | kankaan | ||
| genitive | kankaan | kankaiden kankaitten kangasten rare | |
| partitive | kangasta | kankaita | |
| inessive | kankaassa | kankaissa | |
| elative | kankaasta | kankaista | |
| illative | kankaaseen | kankaisiin kankaihin rare | |
| adessive | kankaalla | kankailla | |
| ablative | kankaalta | kankailta | |
| allative | kankaalle | kankaille | |
| essive | kankaana | kankaina | |
| translative | kankaaksi | kankaiksi | |
| abessive | kankaatta | kankaitta | |
| instructive | — | kankain | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
- Ahokangas
- Alakangas
- Haapakangas
- Hattukangas
- Hautakangas
- Heinikangas
- Hietakangas
- hietakangas
- Hirsikangas
- Huhtakangas
- Isokangas
- Jylhänkangas
- jäkäläkangas
- kanervakangas
- Kangasaho
- kangasajuruoho
- Kangasala
- kangashapero
- Kangasharju
- kangashumus
- kangaskiuru
- Kangaskolkka
- kangaskorpi
- kangaskorte
- Kangaskoski
- kangaskärpässieni
- kangaskäärme
- Kangaslampi
- kangaslimaseitikki
- Kangasluoma
- kangasmaa
- Kangasmaa
- kangasmaitikka
- kangasmetsä
- kangasmetsät
- kangasmulta
- kangasmyrkkyseitikki
- Kangasmäki
- Kangasniemi
- Kangasoja
- kangaspalsamirousku
- kangasperhonen
- Kangasperko
- Kangaspunta
- kangaspuola
- kangasraunikki
- kangasrousku
- kangasräme
- Kangassalo
- kangassieni
- kangassillihapero
- kangassinisiipi
- kangastaa
- kangastatti
- Kangastie
- kangasturve
- Kangasvieri
- kangasvuokko
- Kankaala
- Kankaanpää
- Kankaanranta
- kankainen
- Kankainen
- karukkokangas
- Kettukangas
- Kivikangas
- Koivukangas
- Konginkangas
- Korkeakangas
- Korkiakangas
- Kortekangas
- kostea kangas
- Kotikangas
- kuiva kangas
- Känsäkangas
- Lapinkangas
- Lehtikangas
- Leppikangas
- Leppäkangas
- Lintukangas
- Marjakangas
- Mastokangas
- Mustakangas
- Myllykangas
- Mäkikangas
- männikkökangas
- Mäntykangas
- mäntykangas
- Niskakangas
- Ojakangas
- Ojutkangas
- Pajukangas
- Palokangas
- Peltokangas
- Penninkangas
- Pirttikangas
- Pitkäkangas
- puolukkakangas
- Rajakangas
- Rantakangas
- Rasinkangas
- Ruokangas
- Ruonakangas
- Saarikangas
- Salokangas
- Satokangas
- Severinkangas
- Säynäjäkangas
- Teerikangas
- Tervakangas
- turvekangas
- Törmäkangas
- Viitakangas
- Vähäkangas
- Välikangas
- Ylikangas
Further reading
- “2. kangas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
See also
Ingrian
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kangas. Cognates include Finnish kangas and Estonian kangas.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɑs/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɑs/,
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈkɑŋɡɑs/,
- Rhymes: -ɑŋɡɑs
- Hyphenation: kan‧gas
Noun
kangas
- fabric, cloth
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 44:
- Mamalle osti kangaste.
- He bought mum some fabric.
- a type of soil, consisting of moraine ground covered by podzol
- a type of forest growing on such soil
Declension
| Declension of kangas (type 2/patsas, nk-ng gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kangas | kankaat |
| genitive | kankaan | kankain |
| partitive | kangasta, kangast | kankaita, kankaja |
| illative | kankaasse | kankaisse |
| inessive | kankaas | kankais |
| elative | kankaast | kankaist |
| allative | kankaalle | kankaille |
| adessive | kankaal | kankail |
| ablative | kankaalt | kankailt |
| translative | kankaaks | kankaiks |
| essive | kankaanna, kankaan | kankainna, kankain |
| exessive1) | kankaant | kankaint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “кандасъ”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 695
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 53
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 133
Karelian
Noun
kangas
Declension
Declension of kangas, ng-nk gradation
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