kenkäraja

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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeŋkæˌrɑjɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ken‧kä‧ra‧ja

Etymology 1

kenkä (shoe) +‎ raja (worn-out object)

Noun

kenkäraja

  1. A worn-out shoe.
Declension
Inflection of kenkäraja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative kenkäraja kenkärajat
genitive kenkärajan kenkärajojen
partitive kenkärajaa kenkärajoja
illative kenkärajaan kenkärajoihin
singular plural
nominative kenkäraja kenkärajat
accusative nom. kenkäraja kenkärajat
gen. kenkärajan
genitive kenkärajan kenkärajojen
kenkärajain rare
partitive kenkärajaa kenkärajoja
inessive kenkärajassa kenkärajoissa
elative kenkärajasta kenkärajoista
illative kenkärajaan kenkärajoihin
adessive kenkärajalla kenkärajoilla
ablative kenkärajalta kenkärajoilta
allative kenkärajalle kenkärajoille
essive kenkärajana kenkärajoina
translative kenkärajaksi kenkärajoiksi
abessive kenkärajatta kenkärajoitta
instructive kenkärajoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kenkäraja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

Further reading

Etymology 2

kenkä (shoe) +‎ raja (border, boundary, limit)

Noun

kenkäraja

  1. In a facility where avoiding contamination is essential, such as a laboratory or a nuclear power plant, a boundary through which one is not allowed to go without covering/uncovering the shoes, depending on which way one is going.
Usage notes
  • In Nordic countries an English term "shoe boundary" is used of this concept, but it does not seem to be used in the English-speaking world.
Declension
Inflection of kenkäraja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative kenkäraja kenkärajat
genitive kenkärajan kenkärajojen
partitive kenkärajaa kenkärajoja
illative kenkärajaan kenkärajoihin
singular plural
nominative kenkäraja kenkärajat
accusative nom. kenkäraja kenkärajat
gen. kenkärajan
genitive kenkärajan kenkärajojen
kenkärajain rare
partitive kenkärajaa kenkärajoja
inessive kenkärajassa kenkärajoissa
elative kenkärajasta kenkärajoista
illative kenkärajaan kenkärajoihin
adessive kenkärajalla kenkärajoilla
ablative kenkärajalta kenkärajoilta
allative kenkärajalle kenkärajoille
essive kenkärajana kenkärajoina
translative kenkärajaksi kenkärajoiksi
abessive kenkärajatta kenkärajoitta
instructive kenkärajoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kenkäraja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)