kengännauha
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Finnish
Etymology
Compound of kengän (“shoe”) + nauha (“lace”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kengännauha
- A shoelace, bootlace, lace.
- 1996, Taru Mäkinen, Tatun Sankariteot 1 - Rosvojahti, →ISBN:
- Tuukan kengännauha aukesi juuri kioskin kohdalla, joten hän kumartui solmimaan sitä.
- Tuukka's shoelace came undone right at the kiosk, so he bent over to tie it.
- 2006, Anna Leinonen, Valkeita lankoja - tarinoita toisista todellisuuksista, →ISBN:
- Isä laittoi minulle lenkkarit jalkaan ja sitoi kengännauhat tiukasti kahteen umpisolmuun.
- Dad put my running shoes on and tied the laces in two tight overhand knots.
Declension
| Inflection of kengännauha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kengännauha | kengännauhat | |
| genitive | kengännauhan | kengännauhojen | |
| partitive | kengännauhaa | kengännauhoja | |
| illative | kengännauhaan | kengännauhoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kengännauha | kengännauhat | |
| accusative | nom. | kengännauha | kengännauhat |
| gen. | kengännauhan | ||
| genitive | kengännauhan | kengännauhojen kengännauhain rare | |
| partitive | kengännauhaa | kengännauhoja | |
| inessive | kengännauhassa | kengännauhoissa | |
| elative | kengännauhasta | kengännauhoista | |
| illative | kengännauhaan | kengännauhoihin | |
| adessive | kengännauhalla | kengännauhoilla | |
| ablative | kengännauhalta | kengännauhoilta | |
| allative | kengännauhalle | kengännauhoille | |
| essive | kengännauhana | kengännauhoina | |
| translative | kengännauhaksi | kengännauhoiksi | |
| abessive | kengännauhatta | kengännauhoitta | |
| instructive | — | kengännauhoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “kengännauha”, 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 2023-07-02