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hiidenkirnu
hiidenkirnu
Finnish
Noun
hiidenkirnu
Declension
| Inflection of hiidenkirnu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hiidenkirnu | hiidenkirnut | |
| genitive | hiidenkirnun | hiidenkirnujen | |
| partitive | hiidenkirnua | hiidenkirnuja | |
| illative | hiidenkirnuun | hiidenkirnuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hiidenkirnu | hiidenkirnut | |
| accusative | nom. | hiidenkirnu | hiidenkirnut |
| gen. | hiidenkirnun | ||
| genitive | hiidenkirnun | hiidenkirnujen | |
| partitive | hiidenkirnua | hiidenkirnuja | |
| inessive | hiidenkirnussa | hiidenkirnuissa | |
| elative | hiidenkirnusta | hiidenkirnuista | |
| illative | hiidenkirnuun | hiidenkirnuihin | |
| adessive | hiidenkirnulla | hiidenkirnuilla | |
| ablative | hiidenkirnulta | hiidenkirnuilta | |
| allative | hiidenkirnulle | hiidenkirnuille | |
| essive | hiidenkirnuna | hiidenkirnuina | |
| translative | hiidenkirnuksi | hiidenkirnuiksi | |
| instructive | — | hiidenkirnuin | |
| abessive | hiidenkirnutta | hiidenkirnuitta | |
| comitative | — | hiidenkirnuineen | |
Usage notes
Of the various English terms meaning hiidenkirnu, "pothole" appears to be the most common in current usage. "Glacial pothole" is sometimes used to make a difference between large potholes dating back to the Ice Age and mere "fluvial potholes". "Giant kettle" was used in 1913 Webster's. Other terms include "moulin pothole" (Encyclopedia Britannica), "giant's kettle" and "giant's cauldron". The two last ones seem to appear mostly in Scandinavian texts and may be influenced by the local language terms.