tinanvalanta

Finnish

Etymology

tinan (“of tin”) +‎ valanta (“casting, pouring”)

Noun

tinanvalanta

  1. tin casting (act of casting objects of molten tin)
  2. 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/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
tinanvalantainrare
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
instructive — tinanvalannoin
abessive tinanvalannatta tinanvalannoitta
comitative — tinanvalantoineen

See also
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