lanttu
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish planta (“seedling”) > planttu > lanttu (unlike turnip, the plant needs to be grown from seedlings to reach maturity in Finland's short summer).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑntːu/, [ˈlɑ̝n̪t̪ːu]
- Rhymes: -ɑntːu
- Syllabification(key): lant‧tu
- Hyphenation(key): lant‧tu
Noun
lanttu
- rutabaga (North America); swede (chiefly UK); Swedish turnip (chiefly US), Brassica napus var. napobrassica (plus a number of regional common names) (root and the plant)
- Synonyms: (dialectal) räätikkä, räätikäs
- (colloquial) head, brain, noodle (usually together with the verb leikata (“to cut”))
- Sillä kaverilla lanttu leikkaa.
- That guy's got a sharp head.
- Eikö lanttu leikkaa?
- Don't you get it?
Declension
| Inflection of lanttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lanttu | lantut | |
| genitive | lantun | lanttujen | |
| partitive | lanttua | lanttuja | |
| illative | lanttuun | lanttuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lanttu | lantut | |
| accusative | nom. | lanttu | lantut |
| gen. | lantun | ||
| genitive | lantun | lanttujen | |
| partitive | lanttua | lanttuja | |
| inessive | lantussa | lantuissa | |
| elative | lantusta | lantuista | |
| illative | lanttuun | lanttuihin | |
| adessive | lantulla | lantuilla | |
| ablative | lantulta | lantuilta | |
| allative | lantulle | lantuille | |
| essive | lanttuna | lanttuina | |
| translative | lantuksi | lantuiksi | |
| abessive | lantutta | lantuitta | |
| instructive | — | lantuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
See also
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
- “lanttu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish planta (“plant, seedling”), borrowed from Latin planta. Cognates include Finnish lanttu.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈlɑntːu/, [ˈɫɑntːŭ̥]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈlɑntːu/, [ˈɫɑntːu]
- Rhymes: -ɑntːu
- Hyphenation: lant‧tu
Noun
lanttu
- swede (type of turnip)
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 39:
- Kapussan, lantut, porkkanat.
- Cabbage, turnips, carrots.
Declension
| Declension of lanttu (type 4/koivu, tt-t gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lanttu | lantut |
| genitive | lantun | lanttuin, lanttuloin |
| partitive | lanttua | lanttuja, lanttuloja |
| illative | lanttuu | lanttui, lanttuloihe |
| inessive | lantuus | lantuis, lanttulois |
| elative | lantust | lantuist, lanttuloist |
| allative | lantulle | lantuille, lanttuloille |
| adessive | lantuul | lantuil, lanttuloil |
| ablative | lantult | lantuilt, lanttuloilt |
| translative | lantuks | lantuiks, lanttuloiks |
| essive | lanttunna, lanttuun | lanttuinna, lanttuloinna, lanttuin, lanttuloin |
| exessive1) | lanttunt | lanttuint, lanttuloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Votic: lanttu
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 247
Votic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlɑntːu/, [ˈɫɑntːu]
- Rhymes: -ɑntːu
- Hyphenation: lant‧tu
Noun
lanttu
Inflection
| Declension of lanttu (type II/võrkko, tt-t gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lanttu | lantud |
| genitive | lantu | lanttujõ, lanttui |
| partitive | lanttua | lanttuitõ, lanttui |
| illative | lanttusõ, lanttu | lanttuisõ |
| inessive | lantuz | lanttuiz |
| elative | lantussõ | lanttuissõ |
| allative | lantulõ | lanttuilõ |
| adessive | lantullõ | lanttuillõ |
| ablative | lantultõ | lanttuiltõ |
| translative | lantussi | lanttuissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “lanttu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn