kantapeikko
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
kanta- (“proto-, stem-”) + peikko (“troll, ogre”), derived from kantahenkilökunta (“permanently employed staff”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑntɑˌpei̯kːo/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝ˌpe̞i̯kːo̞]
- Rhymes: -eikːo
- Syllabification(key): kan‧ta‧peik‧ko
Noun[edit]
kantapeikko (colloquial)
- lifer (person who makes a career in the military)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kantapeikko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kantapeikko | kantapeikot | ||
genitive | kantapeikon | kantapeikkojen | ||
partitive | kantapeikkoa | kantapeikkoja | ||
illative | kantapeikkoon | kantapeikkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kantapeikko | kantapeikot | ||
accusative | nom. | kantapeikko | kantapeikot | |
gen. | kantapeikon | |||
genitive | kantapeikon | kantapeikkojen | ||
partitive | kantapeikkoa | kantapeikkoja | ||
inessive | kantapeikossa | kantapeikoissa | ||
elative | kantapeikosta | kantapeikoista | ||
illative | kantapeikkoon | kantapeikkoihin | ||
adessive | kantapeikolla | kantapeikoilla | ||
ablative | kantapeikolta | kantapeikoilta | ||
allative | kantapeikolle | kantapeikoille | ||
essive | kantapeikkona | kantapeikkoina | ||
translative | kantapeikoksi | kantapeikoiksi | ||
abessive | kantapeikotta | kantapeikoitta | ||
instructive | — | kantapeikoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “kantapeikko”, 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 2023-07-02