kautta

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Finnish

Etymology

The partitive singular of kausi; the adpositions are derived through an older meaning of "road, way" or "passage (of a journey)".

Pronunciation

Postposition

kautta (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)

  1. through, via, by
    Ajoitko Kouvolan vai Haminan kautta?
    Did you drive via Kouvola or Hamina?
    Varaosat kannattaa tilata meidän kauttamme.
    It's beneficial to order the spare parts through us.

Inflection

Personal/possessive forms of kautta
no possessor kautta
possessor singular plural
1st person kauttani kauttamme
2nd person kauttasi kauttanne
3rd person kauttaan
kauttansa

Preposition

kautta (+ genitive)

  1. throughout
    kautta maailman ― throughout the World
  2. (figuratively) by, through (in interjections, etc.)
    kautta Teutateksen parran! ― by the beard of Toutatis!

Noun

kautta

  1. partitive singular of kausi
    Hän on jo kolmatta kautta presidenttinä.
    He's already serving his third term as president.

Noun

kautta (colloquial)

  1. (indeclinable) Ellipsis of kauttaviiva (“(informal) slash”).

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

From the partitive of kaus (“period”). Akin to Finnish kautta.

Pronunciation

Postposition

kautta (+ genitive)

  1. due to, because of
  2. through, by means of
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:
      Naapurikeeliin, suomen, viron ja vadjan keeliin kera iƶoran keeli ono siottu oman strukturan, fonettisen, äänisostavan, kautta, mut iƶoran keeleel ono suur yhtehös i karjalan keelen kera.
      The Ingrian language is related to its neighbouring languages, Finnish, Estonian and Votic, through own structure, that of phonetics, the inventory of sounds, but the Ingrian language has a strong connection with the Karelian language, too.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 146
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