vihta
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vihta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋihtɑ/, [ˈʋiçt̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ihtɑ
- Syllabification(key): vih‧ta
Noun
vihta
- bath broom, a kind of whip made of birch twigs and used in the sauna to enhance the effect of heat by beating oneself with it.
Usage notes
Traditionally vihta was used more often in Western Finnish, while vasta was used in Eastern Finnish.
Declension
| Inflection of vihta (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vihta | vihdat | |
| genitive | vihdan | vihtojen | |
| partitive | vihtaa | vihtoja | |
| illative | vihtaan | vihtoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vihta | vihdat | |
| accusative | nom. | vihta | vihdat |
| gen. | vihdan | ||
| genitive | vihdan | vihtojen vihtainrare | |
| partitive | vihtaa | vihtoja | |
| inessive | vihdassa | vihdoissa | |
| elative | vihdasta | vihdoista | |
| illative | vihtaan | vihtoihin | |
| adessive | vihdalla | vihdoilla | |
| ablative | vihdalta | vihdoilta | |
| allative | vihdalle | vihdoille | |
| essive | vihtana | vihtoina | |
| translative | vihdaksi | vihdoiksi | |
| instructive | — | vihdoin | |
| abessive | vihdatta | vihdoitta | |
| comitative | — | vihtoineen | |
| Possessive forms of vihta (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | vihtani | vihtamme |
| 2nd person | vihtasi | vihtanne |
| 3rd person | vihtansa | |
Synonyms
- vasta
Derived terms
- vihtoa
Compounds
- vihtahousu
See also
- vitsa
Anagrams
- vahti, vihat
Pite Sami
| [a], [b] ← 4 | 5 | 6 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: vihta Ordinal: vidát | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *vittë
Numeral
vihta
- five
Further reading
- vihta in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland