Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hela- (“from helatorstai (“Ascension Day”)”) + valkea (“fire”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhelɑˌʋɑlkeɑ/, [ˈhe̞lɑ̝ˌʋɑ̝lk̟e̞ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑlkeɑ
- Syllabification(key): he‧la‧val‧ke‧a
- Hyphenation(key): hela‧valkea
Noun
[edit]helavalkea
- A bonfire customarily burned on Ascension Day in some parts of Finland, an "Ascension Day bonfire".
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of helavalkea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | helavalkea | helavalkeat | |
| genitive | helavalkean | helavalkeiden helavalkeitten | |
| partitive | helavalkeaa helavalkeata |
helavalkeita | |
| illative | helavalkeaan | helavalkeisiin helavalkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | helavalkea | helavalkeat | |
| accusative | nom. | helavalkea | helavalkeat |
| gen. | helavalkean | ||
| genitive | helavalkean | helavalkeiden helavalkeitten helavalkeainrare | |
| partitive | helavalkeaa helavalkeata |
helavalkeita | |
| inessive | helavalkeassa | helavalkeissa | |
| elative | helavalkeasta | helavalkeista | |
| illative | helavalkeaan | helavalkeisiin helavalkeihin | |
| adessive | helavalkealla | helavalkeilla | |
| ablative | helavalkealta | helavalkeilta | |
| allative | helavalkealle | helavalkeille | |
| essive | helavalkeana | helavalkeina | |
| translative | helavalkeaksi | helavalkeiksi | |
| abessive | helavalkeatta | helavalkeitta | |
| instructive | — | helavalkein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “helavalkea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023