pullataikina
Finnish
Varieties of pulla.
Etymology
pulla + taikina
Noun
pullataikina
- sweet wheat dough used for baking pulla, a traditional type of coffee bread
- (figuratively) anything that swells
- Kaupunki kasvaa kuin pullataikina.
- The city is growing like a mushroom. / The city is mushrooming.
- Budjetti paisuu kuin pullataikina.
- The budget is growing out of bounds.
Declension
| Inflection of pullataikina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pullataikina | pullataikinat | |
| genitive | pullataikinan | pullataikinoiden pullataikinoitten | |
| partitive | pullataikinaa | pullataikinoita | |
| illative | pullataikinaan | pullataikinoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pullataikina | pullataikinat | |
| accusative | nom. | pullataikina | pullataikinat |
| gen. | pullataikinan | ||
| genitive | pullataikinan | pullataikinoiden pullataikinoitten pullataikinainrare | |
| partitive | pullataikinaa | pullataikinoita | |
| inessive | pullataikinassa | pullataikinoissa | |
| elative | pullataikinasta | pullataikinoista | |
| illative | pullataikinaan | pullataikinoihin | |
| adessive | pullataikinalla | pullataikinoilla | |
| ablative | pullataikinalta | pullataikinoilta | |
| allative | pullataikinalle | pullataikinoille | |
| essive | pullataikinana | pullataikinoina | |
| translative | pullataikinaksi | pullataikinoiksi | |
| instructive | — | pullataikinoin | |
| abessive | pullataikinatta | pullataikinoitta | |
| comitative | — | pullataikinoineen | |