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kannella
kannella
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɑnːe̞lːɑ]
 - Hyphenation: kan‧nel‧la
 
Noun
kannella
- Adessive singular form of kansi.
 
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɑnːe̞lːɑˣ]
 - Hyphenation: kan‧nel‧la
 
Verb
kannella
- (law, intransitive, + elative) to file a complaint about
 - (intransitive, + elative) to complain about, rat about, tell on
 -  (intransitive, + elative) to tattle (to notify someone of illicit behaviour)
-  Siskoni kantelee aina äidilleni tupakanpoltostani.
- My sister always tattles to my mom about my smoking.
 
 
 -  Siskoni kantelee aina äidilleni tupakanpoltostani.
 - (transitive, rare) to carry along (indifferently)
 
Conjugation
| Inflection of kannella (Kotus type 67/tulla, nt-nn gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kantelen | en kantele | 1st sing. | olen kannellut | en ole kannellut | |
| 2nd sing. | kantelet | et kantele | 2nd sing. | olet kannellut | et ole kannellut | |
| 3rd sing. | kantelee | ei kantele | 3rd sing. | on kannellut | ei ole kannellut | |
| 1st plur. | kantelemme | emme kantele | 1st plur. | olemme kannelleet | emme ole kannelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kantelette | ette kantele | 2nd plur. | olette kannelleet | ette ole kannelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kantelevat | eivät kantele | 3rd plur. | ovat kannelleet | eivät ole kannelleet | |
| passive | kannellaan | ei kannella | passive | on kanneltu | ei ole kanneltu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kantelin | en kannellut | 1st sing. | olin kannellut | en ollut kannellut | |
| 2nd sing. | kantelit | et kannellut | 2nd sing. | olit kannellut | et ollut kannellut | |
| 3rd sing. | kanteli | ei kannellut | 3rd sing. | oli kannellut | ei ollut kannellut | |
| 1st plur. | kantelimme | emme kannelleet | 1st plur. | olimme kannelleet | emme olleet kannelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kantelitte | ette kannelleet | 2nd plur. | olitte kannelleet | ette olleet kannelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kantelivat | eivät kannelleet | 3rd plur. | olivat kannelleet | eivät olleet kannelleet | |
| passive | kanneltiin | ei kanneltu | passive | oli kanneltu | ei ollut kanneltu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kantelisin | en kantelisi | 1st sing. | olisin kannellut | en olisi kannellut | |
| 2nd sing. | kantelisit | et kantelisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kannellut | et olisi kannellut | |
| 3rd sing. | kantelisi | ei kantelisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kannellut | ei olisi kannellut | |
| 1st plur. | kantelisimme | emme kantelisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kannelleet | emme olisi kannelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kantelisitte | ette kantelisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kannelleet | ette olisi kannelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kantelisivat | eivät kantelisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kannelleet | eivät olisi kannelleet | |
| passive | kanneltaisiin | ei kanneltaisi | passive | olisi kanneltu | ei olisi kanneltu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kantele | älä kantele | 2nd sing. | ole kannellut | älä ole kannellut | |
| 3rd sing. | kannelkoon | älköön kannelko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kannellut | älköön olko kannellut | |
| 1st plur. | kannelkaamme | älkäämme kannelko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kannelleet | älkäämme olko kannelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kannelkaa | älkää kannelko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kannelleet | älkää olko kannelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kannelkoot | älkööt kannelko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kannelleet | älkööt olko kannelleet | |
| passive | kanneltakoon | älköön kanneltako | passive | olkoon kanneltu | älköön olko kanneltu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kannellen | en kannelle | 1st sing. | lienen kannellut | en liene kannellut | |
| 2nd sing. | kannellet | et kannelle | 2nd sing. | lienet kannellut | et liene kannellut | |
| 3rd sing. | kannellee | ei kannelle | 3rd sing. | lienee kannellut | ei liene kannellut | |
| 1st plur. | kannellemme | emme kannelle | 1st plur. | lienemme kannelleet | emme liene kannelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kannellette | ette kannelle | 2nd plur. | lienette kannelleet | ette liene kannelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kannellevat | eivät kannelle | 3rd plur. | lienevät kannelleet | eivät liene kannelleet | |
| passive | kanneltaneen | ei kanneltane | passive | lienee kanneltu | ei liene kanneltu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kannella | present | kanteleva | kanneltava | ||
| long 1st2 | kannellakseen | past | kannellut | kanneltu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kannellessa | kanneltaessa | agent1, 3 | kantelema | |
| instructive | kannellen | — | negative | kantelematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kantelemassa | — |  1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural.  | 
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| elative | kantelemasta | — | ||||
| illative | kantelemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kantelemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kantelematta | — | ||||
| instructive | kanteleman | kanneltaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kanteleminen | ||||
| partitive | kantelemista | |||||
| 5th2 | kantelemaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to carry along): kanniskella
 
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɑnːe̞lːɑˣ]
 - Hyphenation: kan‧nel‧la
 
Verb
kannella