kertoa (“to tell, to multiply”) + -ja. In the arithmetic sense "multiplier", coined by Finnish pastor, teacher and author Johan Fredrik Wallin for Luvunlasku- eli räkninki-kirja (1835).
kertoja
| Inflection of kertoja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kertoja | kertojat | ||
| genitive | kertojan | kertojien | ||
| partitive | kertojaa | kertojia | ||
| illative | kertojaan | kertojiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kertoja | kertojat | ||
| accusative | nom. | kertoja | kertojat | |
| gen. | kertojan | |||
| genitive | kertojan | kertojien kertojainrare | ||
| partitive | kertojaa | kertojia | ||
| inessive | kertojassa | kertojissa | ||
| elative | kertojasta | kertojista | ||
| illative | kertojaan | kertojiin | ||
| adessive | kertojalla | kertojilla | ||
| ablative | kertojalta | kertojilta | ||
| allative | kertojalle | kertojille | ||
| essive | kertojana | kertojina | ||
| translative | kertojaksi | kertojiksi | ||
| abessive | kertojatta | kertojitta | ||
| instructive | — | kertojin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
kertoja