kirkkovene
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Modern kirkkovene in competition.
Finnish
Etymology
kirkko (“church”) + vene (“boat”)
Pronunciation
Noun
kirkkovene
- (historical) "church boat" (long rowing boat seating up to 60 people, in which people travelled to church in old times)
- A modern boat resembling above, but of much lighter structure and 14 oars, used in rowing competitions.
- (colloquial) A vulgar drawing of the vulva, said to resemble a "church boat" seen straight from above.
- X piirsi protestiksi vaalilippuun kirkkoveneen.
- As a protest, X drew a picture of a vulva on the ballot.
Declension
| Inflection of kirkkovene (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kirkkovene | kirkkoveneet | |
| genitive | kirkkoveneen | kirkkoveneiden kirkkoveneitten | |
| partitive | kirkkovenettä | kirkkoveneitä | |
| illative | kirkkoveneeseen | kirkkoveneisiin kirkkoveneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kirkkovene | kirkkoveneet | |
| accusative | nom. | kirkkovene | kirkkoveneet |
| gen. | kirkkoveneen | ||
| genitive | kirkkoveneen | kirkkoveneiden kirkkoveneitten | |
| partitive | kirkkovenettä | kirkkoveneitä | |
| inessive | kirkkoveneessä | kirkkoveneissä | |
| elative | kirkkoveneestä | kirkkoveneistä | |
| illative | kirkkoveneeseen | kirkkoveneisiin kirkkoveneihin | |
| adessive | kirkkoveneellä | kirkkoveneillä | |
| ablative | kirkkoveneeltä | kirkkoveneiltä | |
| allative | kirkkoveneelle | kirkkoveneille | |
| essive | kirkkoveneenä | kirkkoveneinä | |
| translative | kirkkoveneeksi | kirkkoveneiksi | |
| abessive | kirkkoveneettä | kirkkoveneittä | |
| instructive | — | kirkkovenein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “kirkkovene”, 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