kastanja
Finnish
Etymology
Probably from Swedish kastanj, from Old French chastaigne, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑstɑnjɑ/, [ˈkɑs̠t̪ɑnjɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑstɑnjɑ
- Syllabification(key): kas‧tan‧ja
Noun
kastanja
- Synonym of jalokastanja (“sweet chestnut, Spanish chestnut, Castanea sativa”).
- chestnut, chestnut tree (tree of the genus Castanea)
- chestnut (nut of that tree)
- chestnut (wood of that tree)
Declension
| Inflection of kastanja (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kastanja | kastanjat | |
| genitive | kastanjan | kastanjoiden kastanjoitten | |
| partitive | kastanjaa | kastanjoita | |
| illative | kastanjaan | kastanjoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kastanja | kastanjat | |
| accusative | nom. | kastanja | kastanjat |
| gen. | kastanjan | ||
| genitive | kastanjan | kastanjoiden kastanjoitten kastanjainrare | |
| partitive | kastanjaa | kastanjoita | |
| inessive | kastanjassa | kastanjoissa | |
| elative | kastanjasta | kastanjoista | |
| illative | kastanjaan | kastanjoihin | |
| adessive | kastanjalla | kastanjoilla | |
| ablative | kastanjalta | kastanjoilta | |
| allative | kastanjalle | kastanjoille | |
| essive | kastanjana | kastanjoina | |
| translative | kastanjaksi | kastanjoiksi | |
| instructive | — | kastanjoin | |
| abessive | kastanjatta | kastanjoitta | |
| comitative | — | kastanjoineen | |
| Possessive forms of kastanja (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kastanjani | kastanjamme |
| 2nd person | kastanjasi | kastanjanne |
| 3rd person | kastanjansa | |
Compounds
- amerikankastanja
- jalokastanja
- japaninkastanja
- kiinankastanja
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
- "kastanja" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).