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Kansa
kansa
kansa
Finnish
(index ka)
Noun
kansa
Declension
| Inflection of kansa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | kansa | kansat | |
| genitive | kansan | kansojen | |
| partitive | kansaa | kansoja | |
| illative | kansaan | kansoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kansa | kansat | |
| accusative | nom. | kansa | kansat |
| gen. | kansan | ||
| genitive | kansan | kansojen kansainrare |
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| partitive | kansaa | kansoja | |
| inessive | kansassa | kansoissa | |
| elative | kansasta | kansoista | |
| illative | kansaan | kansoihin | |
| adessive | kansalla | kansoilla | |
| ablative | kansalta | kansoilta | |
| allative | kansalle | kansoille | |
| essive | kansana | kansoina | |
| translative | kansaksi | kansoiksi | |
| instructive | — | kansoin | |
| abessive | kansatta | kansoitta | |
| comitative | — | kansoineen | |
Usage notes
- In the sense "nation, people" the terms kansa and kansakunta are quite synonymous, although kansa tends to refer to a cultural entity and kansakunta to a political entity.
Synonyms
- (people) rahvas (relatively derogatory)
- (nation) kansakunta
Derived terms
- adjectives: kansallinen
- nouns: kansalainen
- verbs: kansoittaa
Compounds
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Anagrams
Lojban
Etymology
In Lojbanized spelling.
- Chinese: kan — 看 (kān)
- English: kampani — company
- Hindi: sat — साथ (sātha)
- Spanish: kon — con
- Russian: sapravajd — сопровождать (soprovoždatʹ)
- Arabic: saxab
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkansa/
Gismu
kansa (rafsi kan)
- with; x1 is with/accompanies/is a companion of x2, in state/condition/enterprise x3 (event/state).
See also
Swahili
Etymology
Noun
kansa (n class, plural kansa)
- cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)