puuvilla

Finnish

Etymology

puu (tree) + villa (wool); calque of German Baumwolle (cotton), which is a compound of Baum (tree) + Wolle (wool).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: puu‧vil‧la
  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːˌʋilːɑ/

Noun

puuvilla

  1. cotton (type of plant used as a source of cotton fiber)
  2. cotton (raw material)
  3. cotton (textile)

Declension

Inflection of puuvilla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative puuvilla puuvillat
genitive puuvillan puuvillojen
partitive puuvillaa puuvilloja
illative puuvillaan puuvilloihin
singular plural
nominative puuvilla puuvillat
accusative nom. puuvilla puuvillat
gen. puuvillan
genitive puuvillan puuvillojen
puuvillainrare
partitive puuvillaa puuvilloja
inessive puuvillassa puuvilloissa
elative puuvillasta puuvilloista
illative puuvillaan puuvilloihin
adessive puuvillalla puuvilloilla
ablative puuvillalta puuvilloilta
allative puuvillalle puuvilloille
essive puuvillana puuvilloina
translative puuvillaksi puuvilloiksi
instructive puuvilloin
abessive puuvillatta puuvilloitta
comitative puuvilloineen

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See also

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