aitta

Finnish
A traditional Finnish aitta building.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ait‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ɑitːɑ
  • IPA(key): [ˈɑit̪ːɑ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *aitta. Related to Estonian ait.

Noun

aitta

  1. granary or other unheated farm storehouse of relatively firm build, used as a storage of various goods which are relatively valuable and not too voluminous. Compare with lato and vaja.
  2. (figuratively) granary (fertile area especially suitable for farming); used normally with a modifier as in ruoka-aitta or vilja-aitta.
Declension
Inflection of aitta (Kotus type 9/kala, tt-t gradation)
nominative aitta aitat
genitive aitan aittojen
partitive aittaa aittoja
illative aittaan aittoihin
singular plural
nominative aitta aitat
accusative nom. aitta aitat
gen. aitan
genitive aitan aittojen
aittainrare
partitive aittaa aittoja
inessive aitassa aitoissa
elative aitasta aitoista
illative aittaan aittoihin
adessive aitalla aitoilla
ablative aitalta aitoilta
allative aitalle aitoille
essive aittana aittoina
translative aitaksi aitoiksi
instructive — aitoin
abessive aitatta aitoitta
comitative — aittoineen
Synonyms
Compounds
See also

Other farm buildings:

Not to be confused with:

Etymology 2

Noun

aitta

  1. Abessive plural form of aa.

Anagrams

Karelian

Etymology

Cognate with Finnish aitta.

Noun

aitta (genitive aitan, partitive aittua)

  1. storehouse
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