kihveli

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Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish skyffel (shovel).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kihveli

  1. (informal) dustpan
    Synonym: rikkalapio
  2. (dialectal, Western Finnish) Synonym of talikko (digging fork)

Declension

Inflection of kihveli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative kihveli kihvelit
genitive kihvelin kihvelien
kihveleiden
kihveleitten
partitive kihveliä kihveleitä
kihvelejä
illative kihveliin kihveleihin
singular plural
nominative kihveli kihvelit
accusative nom. kihveli kihvelit
gen. kihvelin
genitive kihvelin kihvelien
kihveleiden
kihveleitten
partitive kihveliä kihveleitä
kihvelejä
inessive kihvelissä kihveleissä
elative kihvelistä kihveleistä
illative kihveliin kihveleihin
adessive kihvelillä kihveleillä
ablative kihveliltä kihveleiltä
allative kihvelille kihveleille
essive kihvelinä kihveleinä
translative kihveliksi kihveleiksi
abessive kihvelittä kihveleittä
instructive kihvelein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kihveli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

References

  1. ^ Suomen sanojen alkuperä: etymologinen sanakirja (→ISBN, 1992), page 356, has: kihveli (Gan 1786 kyhweli; yl., ei PSm Verml Ink), murt. kiffeli, kyhveli, kehveli, sihveli 'luonti- t. rikkalapio / Schaufel' < nr (vur) skyffel 'kihveli, lapio' = nt skuffel < kas schuffel(e) jne. Germ taholta myös vi kühvel

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