kruununtila

Finnish

Etymology

kruunun (“crown's”) +‎ tila (“farm”)

Noun

kruununtila

  1. (historical) A "crown farm", a farm that was crown's property but to which a farmer had permanent, inheritable but not saleable tenancy as long as he paid the associated taxes.

Usage notes

The system of crown farms was established in Sweden and its "Eastland" Finland in the 16th century. It survived the Russian rule from 1809 to 1917 and was finally discontinued in the legislation as late as in 1995.

Declension
Inflection of kruununtila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative kruununtila kruununtilat
genitive kruununtilan kruununtilojen
partitive kruununtilaa kruununtiloja
illative kruununtilaan kruununtiloihin
singular plural
nominative kruununtila kruununtilat
accusative nom. kruununtila kruununtilat
gen. kruununtilan
genitive kruununtilan kruununtilojen
kruununtilainrare
partitive kruununtilaa kruununtiloja
inessive kruununtilassa kruununtiloissa
elative kruununtilasta kruununtiloista
illative kruununtilaan kruununtiloihin
adessive kruununtilalla kruununtiloilla
ablative kruununtilalta kruununtiloilta
allative kruununtilalle kruununtiloille
essive kruununtilana kruununtiloina
translative kruununtilaksi kruununtiloiksi
instructive — kruununtiloin
abessive kruununtilatta kruununtiloitta
comitative — kruununtiloineen

Derived terms

See also
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