tinanvalanta
Finnish
Noun
tinanvalanta
- tin casting (act of casting objects of molten tin)
- 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) | |||
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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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