pitkin

See also: Pitkin

Finnish

Etymology

Instructive plural of pitkä (long). Akin to Karelian pitin, Ingrian pitkin and Estonian piki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpitkin/, [ˈpit̪k̟in]
  • Rhymes: -itkin
  • Syllabification(key): pit‧kin

Adjective

pitkin

  1. instructive plural of pitkä

Postposition

pitkin (+ partitive)

  1. along (in a line with, with a progressive motion on)
  2. along (by the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to)

Derived terms

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

Instructive plural of pitkä (long). Akin to Finnish pitkin and Estonian piki.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpitkin/, [ˈpitkĭn]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpitkin/, [ˈpitkin]
  • Rhymes: -itkin
  • Hyphenation: pit‧kin

Preposition

pitkin (+ partitive)

  1. along
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 43:
      Pitkin patsait vennuu rautalanka hoikka.
      A thin wire stretches along the pylons.
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
      Orava kantaa ommaa pessää päähkäniä söökiks ja osa siint hävijää pitkin teetä.
      The squirrel carries nuts for food to its own nest and a part of them disappears along the way.

Postposition

pitkin (+ partitive)

  1. along
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 135:
      Teetä pitkin ajoi traktora.
      The tractor rode along the path.

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 411
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