hihna

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hihna, from earlier *šišna, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian šikšnà (“strap, belt, leather”)), if the Baltic and Finnic words are not from a substrate.[1] Related to Erzya кшна (kšna, “strap”) (of the same origin).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhihnɑ/, [ˈhihnɑ]
Rhymes: -ihnɑ
Syllabification^(key): hih‧na

Noun

hihna

strap, band; especially one that is made of leather or other strong material
thong (leather strap)
leash, lead
(machinery) belt
tuulettimen hihna ― fanbelt
(colloquial) conveyor, especially belt conveyor

Declension

Inflection of hihna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		hihna	hihnat
genitive		hihnan	hihnojen
partitive		hihnaa	hihnoja
illative		hihnaan	hihnoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hihna	hihnat
accusative	nom.	hihna	hihnat
accusative	gen.	hihnan	hihnat
genitive		hihnan	hihnojen hihnain^rare
partitive		hihnaa	hihnoja
inessive		hihnassa	hihnoissa
elative		hihnasta	hihnoista
illative		hihnaan	hihnoihin
adessive		hihnalla	hihnoilla
ablative		hihnalta	hihnoilta
allative		hihnalle	hihnoille
essive		hihnana	hihnoina
translative		hihnaksi	hihnoiksi
instructive		—	hihnoin
abessive		hihnatta	hihnoitta
comitative		—	hihnoineen

Possessive forms of hihna (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hihnani	hihnamme
2nd person	hihnasi	hihnanne
3rd person	hihnansa

Synonyms

(leash): talutushihna, lieka
(conveyor): kuljetin, hihnakuljetin

Derived terms

hihnoittaa

Compounds

hammashihna
hihnakuljetin
hihnakäyttöinen
hihnapyörä
kiilahihna
liukuhihna
talutushihna

References

Junttila, Santeri; Kallio, Petri; Holopainen, Sampsa; Kuokkala, Juha; Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “hihna”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29

Anagrams

hanhi, hihan

[1] Junttila, Santeri; Kallio, Petri; Holopainen, Sampsa; Kuokkala, Juha; Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “hihna”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2022-11-29