aurinkoranta
Finnish
Etymology
aurinko (“sun”) + ranta (“beach”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯riŋkoˌrɑntɑ/, [ˈɑu̯riŋko̞ˌrɑn̪t̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
- Syllabification(key): au‧rin‧ko‧ran‧ta
Noun
aurinkoranta
- (often in plural) sun beach, sun beach resort (beach or resort with regular sunshine, especially one used as vacation spot)
- Lomallani matkustan usein aurinkorannoille.
- On my vacation I often travel to a sun beach resort.
- Lomallani matkustan usein aurinkorannoille.
Usage notes
- In English "sun beach" is typically used attributively as in: "sun beach vacation", "sun beach resort" whereas in Finnish aurinkoranta is primarily a noun.
Declension
| Inflection of aurinkoranta (Kotus type 9*J/kala, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aurinkoranta | aurinkorannat | |
| genitive | aurinkorannan | aurinkorantojen | |
| partitive | aurinkorantaa | aurinkorantoja | |
| illative | aurinkorantaan | aurinkorantoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aurinkoranta | aurinkorannat | |
| accusative | nom. | aurinkoranta | aurinkorannat |
| gen. | aurinkorannan | ||
| genitive | aurinkorannan | aurinkorantojen aurinkorantainrare | |
| partitive | aurinkorantaa | aurinkorantoja | |
| inessive | aurinkorannassa | aurinkorannoissa | |
| elative | aurinkorannasta | aurinkorannoista | |
| illative | aurinkorantaan | aurinkorantoihin | |
| adessive | aurinkorannalla | aurinkorannoilla | |
| ablative | aurinkorannalta | aurinkorannoilta | |
| allative | aurinkorannalle | aurinkorannoille | |
| essive | aurinkorantana | aurinkorantoina | |
| translative | aurinkorannaksi | aurinkorannoiksi | |
| instructive | — | aurinkorannoin | |
| abessive | aurinkorannatta | aurinkorannoitta | |
| comitative | — | aurinkorantoineen | |
| Possessive forms of aurinkoranta (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | aurinkorantani | aurinkorantamme |
| 2nd person | aurinkorantasi | aurinkorantanne |
| 3rd person | aurinkorantansa | |
See also
- aurinkoloma