kihlakunta

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Finnish

Etymology

kihla- +‎ kunta

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkihlɑˌkuntɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -untɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): kihla‧kunta

Noun

kihlakunta

  1. (historical) hundred (administrative subdivision)
  2. From 1996 to 2007 a district of the state administration below lääni (province), responsible for law enforcement and prosecuting in its area. Since 2008 the police departments, prosecutor's offices, attachment officers and magistrates have been separate public offices.

Declension

Inflection of kihlakunta (Kotus type 10*J/koira, nt-nn gradation)
nominative kihlakunta kihlakunnat
genitive kihlakunnan kihlakuntien
partitive kihlakuntaa kihlakuntia
illative kihlakuntaan kihlakuntiin
singular plural
nominative kihlakunta kihlakunnat
accusative nom. kihlakunta kihlakunnat
gen. kihlakunnan
genitive kihlakunnan kihlakuntien
kihlakuntain rare
partitive kihlakuntaa kihlakuntia
inessive kihlakunnassa kihlakunnissa
elative kihlakunnasta kihlakunnista
illative kihlakuntaan kihlakuntiin
adessive kihlakunnalla kihlakunnilla
ablative kihlakunnalta kihlakunnilta
allative kihlakunnalle kihlakunnille
essive kihlakuntana kihlakuntina
translative kihlakunnaksi kihlakunniksi
abessive kihlakunnatta kihlakunnitta
instructive kihlakunnin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kihlakunta (Kotus type 10*J/koira, nt-nn gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

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