aitta
Finnish
A traditional Finnish aitta building.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ait‧ta
- Rhymes: -ɑitːɑ
- IPA(key): [ˈɑit̪ːɑ]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *aitta. Related to Estonian ait.
Noun
aitta
- granary or other unheated farm storehouse of relatively firm build, used as a storage of various goods which are relatively valuable and not too voluminous. Compare with lato and vaja.
- (figuratively) granary (fertile area especially suitable for farming); used normally with a modifier as in ruoka-aitta or vilja-aitta.
Declension
| Inflection of aitta (Kotus type 9/kala, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aitta | aitat | |
| genitive | aitan | aittojen | |
| partitive | aittaa | aittoja | |
| illative | aittaan | aittoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aitta | aitat | |
| accusative | nom. | aitta | aitat |
| gen. | aitan | ||
| genitive | aitan | aittojen aittainrare | |
| partitive | aittaa | aittoja | |
| inessive | aitassa | aitoissa | |
| elative | aitasta | aitoista | |
| illative | aittaan | aittoihin | |
| adessive | aitalla | aitoilla | |
| ablative | aitalta | aitoilta | |
| allative | aitalle | aitoille | |
| essive | aittana | aittoina | |
| translative | aitaksi | aitoiksi | |
| instructive | — | aitoin | |
| abessive | aitatta | aitoitta | |
| comitative | — | aittoineen | |
Synonyms
- makasiini
Compounds
- aarreaitta
- hirsiaitta
- kala-aitta
- liha-aitta
- luhtiaitta
- niliaitta
- patsasaitta
- ruoka-aitta
- vilja-aitta
See also
Other farm buildings:
- kanala
- lampola
- lato
- navetta
- riihi
- sikala
- talli
- vaja
Not to be confused with:
- aita
Noun
aitta
- Abessive plural form of aa.
Anagrams
- aitat, taiat, taita
Karelian
Etymology
Cognate with Finnish aitta.
Noun
aitta (genitive aitan, partitive aittua)
- storehouse