toistakymmentä

Finnish

Etymology

Partitive singular of toinen (another) + kymmen (ten, decade).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoi̯stɑˌkymːentæ/, [ˈt̪o̞i̯s̠tɑ̝ˌk̟ymːe̞n̪t̪æ]
  • Rhymes: -ymːentæ
  • Syllabification(key): tois‧ta‧kym‧men‧tä

Numeral

toistakymmentä

  1. more than ten (but less than twenty)
    Sain tänään toistakymmentä haukea.
    I caught more than ten pike today.

Declension

See toinen and kymmen; the only difference is that the nominative singular is toistakymmentä, and the plural forms are rarely used.

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