tinanvalanta
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Finnish
Etymology
tinan (“of tin”) + valanta (“casting, pouring”)
Pronunciation
Noun
tinanvalanta
- tin casting (act of casting objects of molten tin)
- molybdomancy (ancient form of divination by interpreting shapes formed when molten metal, typically lead or tin is dropped into water; now chiefly practised for fun on New Year's Eve)
Usage notes
- Molybdomancy is a common New Year tradition in the Nordic countries and Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
- In Finland, tin used to be the favorite metal for New Year molybdomancy - hence the name - but is now replaced by cheaper lead.
Declension
| Inflection of tinanvalanta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tinanvalanta | tinanvalannat | |
| genitive | tinanvalannan | tinanvalantojen | |
| partitive | tinanvalantaa | tinanvalantoja | |
| illative | tinanvalantaan | tinanvalantoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tinanvalanta | tinanvalannat | |
| accusative | nom. | tinanvalanta | tinanvalannat |
| gen. | tinanvalannan | ||
| genitive | tinanvalannan | tinanvalantojen tinanvalantain rare | |
| partitive | tinanvalantaa | tinanvalantoja | |
| inessive | tinanvalannassa | tinanvalannoissa | |
| elative | tinanvalannasta | tinanvalannoista | |
| illative | tinanvalantaan | tinanvalantoihin | |
| adessive | tinanvalannalla | tinanvalannoilla | |
| ablative | tinanvalannalta | tinanvalannoilta | |
| allative | tinanvalannalle | tinanvalannoille | |
| essive | tinanvalantana | tinanvalantoina | |
| translative | tinanvalannaksi | tinanvalannoiksi | |
| abessive | tinanvalannatta | tinanvalannoitta | |
| instructive | — | tinanvalannoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
See also
Further reading
- “tinanvalanta”, 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 2023-07-03