pettuliina

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Finnish

A pettuliina being cut off a pine trunk.

Etymology

pettu +‎ liina (cloth)

Pronunciation

Noun

pettuliina

  1. A sheet cut from underneath the bark of a pine, consisting of its phloem and cambium layers. Historically, these sheets were soaked, boiled, roasted and ground to flour that was mixed with rye flour to bake bark bread.

Declension

Inflection of pettuliina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative pettuliina pettuliinat
genitive pettuliinan pettuliinojen
partitive pettuliinaa pettuliinoja
illative pettuliinaan pettuliinoihin
singular plural
nominative pettuliina pettuliinat
accusative nom. pettuliina pettuliinat
gen. pettuliinan
genitive pettuliinan pettuliinojen
pettuliinain rare
partitive pettuliinaa pettuliinoja
inessive pettuliinassa pettuliinoissa
elative pettuliinasta pettuliinoista
illative pettuliinaan pettuliinoihin
adessive pettuliinalla pettuliinoilla
ablative pettuliinalta pettuliinoilta
allative pettuliinalle pettuliinoille
essive pettuliinana pettuliinoina
translative pettuliinaksi pettuliinoiksi
abessive pettuliinatta pettuliinoitta
instructive pettuliinoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pettuliina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)