tuhatkunta

Finnish

Etymology

tuhat (“thousand”) +‎ kunta

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuhɑtˌkuntɑ/, [ˈt̪uɦɑ̝t̪ˌkun̪t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -untɑ
  • Syllabification(key): tu‧hat‧kun‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): tuhat‧kunta

Numeral

tuhatkunta

  1. About one thousand.
    Kokoelmassani on tuhatkunta perhosta.
    There are about one thousand butterflies in my collection.
    Tuhatkunnasta seurattavasta osa on ihmisiä, jotka ovat saapuneet Suomeen turvapaikanhakijoina.
    Out of about one thousand people under surveillance some have arrived in Finland as asylum seekers.

Usage notes

Plural forms are rare and mostly found in archaic texts.

Declension

Inflection of tuhatkunta (Kotus type 10*J/koira, nt-nn gradation)
nominative tuhatkunta tuhatkunnat
genitive tuhatkunnan tuhatkuntien
partitive tuhatkuntaa tuhatkuntia
illative tuhatkuntaan tuhatkuntiin
singular plural
nominative tuhatkunta tuhatkunnat
accusative nom. tuhatkunta tuhatkunnat
gen. tuhatkunnan
genitive tuhatkunnan tuhatkuntien
tuhatkuntain rare
partitive tuhatkuntaa tuhatkuntia
inessive tuhatkunnassa tuhatkunnissa
elative tuhatkunnasta tuhatkunnista
illative tuhatkuntaan tuhatkuntiin
adessive tuhatkunnalla tuhatkunnilla
ablative tuhatkunnalta tuhatkunnilta
allative tuhatkunnalle tuhatkunnille
essive tuhatkuntana tuhatkuntina
translative tuhatkunnaksi tuhatkunniksi
abessive tuhatkunnatta tuhatkunnitta
instructive — tuhatkunnin
comitative — tuhatkuntine

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