rinta
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rinta. Cognate to Estonian rind and also more distantly Northern Sami raddi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrintɑ/, [ˈrin̪t̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -intɑ
- Syllabification(key): rin‧ta
Noun
rinta
- (chiefly plural) breast (particularly female)
- Synonym: thesaurus:tissi
- chest, especially the front side of it (thorax)
Declension
| Inflection of rinta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rinta | rinnat | |
| genitive | rinnan | rintojen | |
| partitive | rintaa | rintoja | |
| illative | rintaan | rintoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rinta | rinnat | |
| accusative | nom. | rinta | rinnat |
| gen. | rinnan | ||
| genitive | rinnan | rintojen rintainrare | |
| partitive | rintaa | rintoja | |
| inessive | rinnassa | rinnoissa | |
| elative | rinnasta | rinnoista | |
| illative | rintaan | rintoihin | |
| adessive | rinnalla | rinnoilla | |
| ablative | rinnalta | rinnoilta | |
| allative | rinnalle | rinnoille | |
| essive | rintana | rintoina | |
| translative | rinnaksi | rinnoiksi | |
| instructive | — | rinnoin | |
| abessive | rinnatta | rinnoitta | |
| comitative | — | rintoineen | |
| Possessive forms of rinta (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | rintani | rintamme |
| 2nd person | rintasi | rintanne |
| 3rd person | rintansa | |
Synonyms
- (thorax): rintakehä
Derived terms
- rinnakkain
- rinnakkainen
- rinnan
- rinnastaa
- rinne
- rinnus
- rintama
- rintava
Compounds
- ilmarinta
- isorintainen
- kapustarinta
- kultarinta
- punarinta
- rintaelin
- rintaevä
- rintakarva
- rintakehä
- rintakipu
- rintakirurgia
- rintakoru
- rintakuppi
- rintalappu
- rintalapsi
- rintalasta
- rintaliha
- rintalihas
- rintaliivit
- rintamaa
- rintanappi
- rintaneula
- rintanikama
- rintaontelo
- rintapastilli
- rintaperillinen
- rintapumppu
- rintarauhanen
- rintareppu
- rintaruokinta
- rintasyöpä
- rintatasku
- rintatiehyt
- rintavarustus
- sinirinta
- vastarinta
Anagrams
- ratin
Ingrian
Rinta (1) meehen.
Rinta (2).
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rinta. Cognates include Finnish rinta and Estonian rind.
The semantic shift "chest" > "hillside" is comparable to the Finnish term rinne (“hillside”).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈrintɑ/, [ˈrind]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈrintɑ/, [ˈrind̥ɑ]
- Rhymes: -intɑ
- Hyphenation: rin‧ta
Noun
rinta
- chest, thorax
- slope, hillside
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 41:
- Kolhosa rinnal töötä tekköö.
- The kolkhoz has to work on the hillside.
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Declension
| Declension of rinta (type 3/kana, nt-nn gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | rinta | rinnat |
| genitive | rinnan | rintoin |
| partitive | rintaa | rintoja |
| illative | rintaa | rintoi |
| inessive | rinnaas | rinnois |
| elative | rinnast | rinnoist |
| allative | rinnalle | rinnoille |
| adessive | rinnaal | rinnoil |
| ablative | rinnalt | rinnoilt |
| translative | rinnaks | rinnoiks |
| essive | rintanna, rintaan | rintoinna, rintoin |
| exessive1) | rintant | rintoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
- keltarinta
- punarinta
- rinnakas
- rinnakkain
- rinnoittaa
- rintakletka
- rintaluu
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 478