kiskoa + -o. Probably originally meant "long, thin piece of birchbark", whence later applied to metal and then to rails (as they are long, narrow pieces of metal).
kisko
Inflection of kisko (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kisko | kiskot | ||
genitive | kiskon | kiskojen | ||
partitive | kiskoa | kiskoja | ||
illative | kiskoon | kiskoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kisko | kiskot | ||
accusative | nom. | kisko | kiskot | |
gen. | kiskon | |||
genitive | kiskon | kiskojen | ||
partitive | kiskoa | kiskoja | ||
inessive | kiskossa | kiskoissa | ||
elative | kiskosta | kiskoista | ||
illative | kiskoon | kiskoihin | ||
adessive | kiskolla | kiskoilla | ||
ablative | kiskolta | kiskoilta | ||
allative | kiskolle | kiskoille | ||
essive | kiskona | kiskoina | ||
translative | kiskoksi | kiskoiksi | ||
abessive | kiskotta | kiskoitta | ||
instructive | — | kiskoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
From kiskoa (“to strip”) + -o. Akin to Finnish kisko.
kisko
Declension of kisko (type 4/koivu, k- gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kisko | kisot |
genitive | kison | kiskoin, kiskoloin |
partitive | kiskoa | kiskoja, kiskoloja |
illative | kiskoo | kiskoi, kiskoloihe |
inessive | kisos | kisois, kiskolois |
elative | kisost | kisoist, kiskoloist |
allative | kisolle | kisoille, kiskoloille |
adessive | kisol | kisoil, kiskoloil |
ablative | kisolt | kisoilt, kiskoloilt |
translative | kisoks | kisoiks, kiskoloiks |
essive | kiskonna, kiskoon | kiskoinna, kiskoloinna, kiskoin, kiskoloin |
exessive1) | kiskont | kiskoint, kiskoloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |