navetta

Finnish

Etymology

From earlier *nauðetta through an Eastern Finnish dialect. Loaned early on to Western Finnish as well, having been attested in literature in its modern shape already since Agricola. Originally a derivative of nauta, with a suffix of unclear identity and origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑʋetːɑ/, [ˈnɑʋe̞t̪ːɑ]
  • Hyphenation: na‧vet‧ta
  • Rhymes: -etːɑ

Noun

navetta

  1. cowshed, barn; byre (UK) (building designed and built for keeping domestic animals, especially cows)

Declension
Inflection of navetta (Kotus type 14/solakka, tt-t gradation)
nominative navetta navetat
genitive navetan navetoiden
navetoitten
navettojen
partitive navettaa navetoita
navettoja
illative navettaan navetoihin
navettoihin
singular plural
nominative navetta navetat
accusative nom. navetta navetat
gen. navetan
genitive navetan navetoiden
navetoitten
navettojen
navettainrare
partitive navettaa navetoita
navettoja
inessive navetassa navetoissa
elative navetasta navetoista
illative navettaan navetoihin
navettoihin
adessive navetalla navetoilla
ablative navetalta navetoilta
allative navetalle navetoille
essive navettana navettoina
translative navetaksi navetoiksi
instructive — navetoin
abessive navetatta navetoitta
comitative — navettoineen

Compounds

See also

production animal shelters

other buildings that may be called "barn" in English

References
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija (editors). 1992–2000. Suomen sanojen alkuperä ('The Origin of Finnish Words'). Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus/Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. →ISBN.
  • Hakulinen, Lauri. 1941–2000. Suomen kielen rakenne ja kehitys ('The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language'). Helsinki: Otava/Helsingin yliopisto.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

navetta

  1. third-person singular past historic of navetter

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -etta

Noun

navetta f (plural navette)

  1. shuttle (all senses)

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