peninkulma
Finnish
Etymology
Possibly from penin (“dog”) + kuuluma (“to be heard”), the "distance a dog can be heard from". Relation to the Swedish mil is a secondary development.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpe̞ninˌkulmɑ]
- Hyphenation: pe‧nin‧kul‧ma
- Rhymes: -ulmɑ
Noun
peninkulma
- (archaic) measure of length equal to 10 kilometers (from the year 1887)
- (obsolete) measure of length equal to 10.688 kilometers (in 1655-1886), i.e. the Swedish mil
- (obsolete) measure of length equal to about six kilometers (before 1655)
Declension
| Inflection of peninkulma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | peninkulma | peninkulmat | |
| genitive | peninkulman | peninkulmien | |
| partitive | peninkulmaa | peninkulmia | |
| illative | peninkulmaan | peninkulmiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | peninkulma | peninkulmat | |
| accusative | nom. | peninkulma | peninkulmat |
| gen. | peninkulman | ||
| genitive | peninkulman | peninkulmien peninkulmainrare | |
| partitive | peninkulmaa | peninkulmia | |
| inessive | peninkulmassa | peninkulmissa | |
| elative | peninkulmasta | peninkulmista | |
| illative | peninkulmaan | peninkulmiin | |
| adessive | peninkulmalla | peninkulmilla | |
| ablative | peninkulmalta | peninkulmilta | |
| allative | peninkulmalle | peninkulmille | |
| essive | peninkulmana | peninkulmina | |
| translative | peninkulmaksi | peninkulmiksi | |
| instructive | — | peninkulmin | |
| abessive | peninkulmatta | peninkulmitta | |
| comitative | — | peninkulmineen | |
Synonyms
- penikuorma
Derived terms
- meripeninkulma