virvonta
Finnish
Etymology
virpoa + -nta
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋirʋontɑ/, [ˈʋirʋo̞n̪t̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -irʋontɑ
- Syllabification: vir‧von‧ta
Noun
virvonta
- wishing another person health and happiness on Palm Sunday by tapping them lightly with a willow twig and chanting a rhyme; nowadays especially done door-to-door by children disguised as witches in order to get candy from people
Declension
| Inflection of virvonta (Kotus type 9/kala, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | virvonta | virvonnat | |
| genitive | virvonnan | virvontojen | |
| partitive | virvontaa | virvontoja | |
| illative | virvontaan | virvontoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | virvonta | virvonnat | |
| accusative | nom. | virvonta | virvonnat |
| gen. | virvonnan | ||
| genitive | virvonnan | virvontojen virvontainrare | |
| partitive | virvontaa | virvontoja | |
| inessive | virvonnassa | virvonnoissa | |
| elative | virvonnasta | virvonnoista | |
| illative | virvontaan | virvontoihin | |
| adessive | virvonnalla | virvonnoilla | |
| ablative | virvonnalta | virvonnoilta | |
| allative | virvonnalle | virvonnoille | |
| essive | virvontana | virvontoina | |
| translative | virvonnaksi | virvonnoiksi | |
| instructive | — | virvonnoin | |
| abessive | virvonnatta | virvonnoitta | |
| comitative | — | virvontoineen | |
| Possessive forms of virvonta (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | virvontani | virvontamme |
| 2nd person | virvontasi | virvontanne |
| 3rd person | virvontansa | |