kantoni
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Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle French canton.
Noun
kantoni
- canton (a division of a political unit in certain countries such as Switzerland)
Declension
| Inflection of kantoni (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kantoni | kantonit | |
| genitive | kantonin | kantonien kantoneiden kantoneitten | |
| partitive | kantonia | kantoneita kantoneja | |
| illative | kantoniin | kantoneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kantoni | kantonit | |
| accusative | nom. | kantoni | kantonit |
| gen. | kantonin | ||
| genitive | kantonin | kantonien kantoneiden kantoneitten | |
| partitive | kantonia | kantoneita kantoneja | |
| inessive | kantonissa | kantoneissa | |
| elative | kantonista | kantoneista | |
| illative | kantoniin | kantoneihin | |
| adessive | kantonilla | kantoneilla | |
| ablative | kantonilta | kantoneilta | |
| allative | kantonille | kantoneille | |
| essive | kantonina | kantoneina | |
| translative | kantoniksi | kantoneiksi | |
| abessive | kantonitta | kantoneitta | |
| instructive | — | kantonein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “kantoni”, 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 Kanton with an additional -i in the nominative to align with the inflection, since -i is the default stem vowel for foreign words ending in consonants.
Noun
kantoni
- Synonym of kantoninkiina.
Declension
| Inflection of kantoni (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kantoni | — | |
| genitive | kantonin | — | |
| partitive | kantonia | — | |
| illative | kantoniin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kantoni | — | |
| accusative | nom. | kantoni | — |
| gen. | kantonin | ||
| genitive | kantonin | — | |
| partitive | kantonia | — | |
| inessive | kantonissa | — | |
| elative | kantonista | — | |
| illative | kantoniin | — | |
| adessive | kantonilla | — | |
| ablative | kantonilta | — | |
| allative | kantonille | — | |
| essive | kantonina | — | |
| translative | kantoniksi | — | |
| abessive | kantonitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Etymology 3
Noun
kantoni
- inflection of kanto: