keija
Finnish
Etymology
Unknown, but possibly related to words like keijua and keinua (“to swing”); some potty chairs had curved bases allowing them to be rocked (compare keinutuoli (“rocking chair”)).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kei‧ja
- Rhymes: -eijːɑ
- IPA(key): /ˈkeijːɑ/
Noun
keija
- potty, chamber pot
Declension
| Inflection of keija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | keija | keijat | |
| genitive | keijan | keijojen | |
| partitive | keijaa | keijoja | |
| illative | keijaan | keijoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | keija | keijat | |
| accusative | nom. | keija | keijat |
| gen. | keijan | ||
| genitive | keijan | keijojen keijainrare | |
| partitive | keijaa | keijoja | |
| inessive | keijassa | keijoissa | |
| elative | keijasta | keijoista | |
| illative | keijaan | keijoihin | |
| adessive | keijalla | keijoilla | |
| ablative | keijalta | keijoilta | |
| allative | keijalle | keijoille | |
| essive | keijana | keijoina | |
| translative | keijaksi | keijoiksi | |
| instructive | — | keijoin | |
| abessive | keijatta | keijoitta | |
| comitative | — | keijoineen | |