kousa
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An ornamental kousa.
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German kouwse.
Noun
kousa
Declension
| Inflection of kousa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kousa | kousat | ||
| genitive | kousan | kousien | ||
| partitive | kousaa | kousia | ||
| illative | kousaan | kousiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kousa | kousat | ||
| accusative | nom. | kousa | kousat | |
| gen. | kousan | |||
| genitive | kousan | kousien kousain rare | ||
| partitive | kousaa | kousia | ||
| inessive | kousassa | kousissa | ||
| elative | kousasta | kousista | ||
| illative | kousaan | kousiin | ||
| adessive | kousalla | kousilla | ||
| ablative | kousalta | kousilta | ||
| allative | kousalle | kousille | ||
| essive | kousana | kousina | ||
| translative | kousaksi | kousiksi | ||
| abessive | kousatta | kousitta | ||
| instructive | — | kousin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Descendants
- → Swedish: kåsa
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Russian ковш (kovš, “scoop, ladle”).
Noun
kousa (dialectal)
Declension
| Inflection of kousa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kousa | kousat | ||
| genitive | kousan | kousien | ||
| partitive | kousaa | kousia | ||
| illative | kousaan | kousiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kousa | kousat | ||
| accusative | nom. | kousa | kousat | |
| gen. | kousan | |||
| genitive | kousan | kousien kousain rare | ||
| partitive | kousaa | kousia | ||
| inessive | kousassa | kousissa | ||
| elative | kousasta | kousista | ||
| illative | kousaan | kousiin | ||
| adessive | kousalla | kousilla | ||
| ablative | kousalta | kousilta | ||
| allative | kousalle | kousille | ||
| essive | kousana | kousina | ||
| translative | kousaksi | kousiksi | ||
| abessive | kousatta | kousitta | ||
| instructive | — | kousin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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