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Kolkata
Kolkata
See also: kolkata
English
Proper noun
Kolkata
- The state capital of West Bengal (India), formerly known as Calcutta.
Synonyms
Translations
city
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Finnish
Etymology
From Bengali.
Proper noun
Kolkata
- Kolkata (the official name of the capital of West Bengal since 2001)
Declension
| Inflection of Kolkata (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kolkata | — | |
| genitive | Kolkatan | — | |
| partitive | Kolkataa | — | |
| illative | Kolkataan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kolkata | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Kolkata | — |
| gen. | Kolkatan | ||
| genitive | Kolkatan | — | |
| partitive | Kolkataa | — | |
| inessive | Kolkatassa | — | |
| elative | Kolkatasta | — | |
| illative | Kolkataan | — | |
| adessive | Kolkatalla | — | |
| ablative | Kolkatalta | — | |
| allative | Kolkatalle | — | |
| essive | Kolkatana | — | |
| translative | Kolkataksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Kolkatatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Usage notes
The former Finnish name Kalkutta is still widely used and is considered acceptable in Finnish.
kolkata
kolkata
See also: Kolkata
Finnish
(index ko)
Verb
kolkata
- (transitive) to knock out (to render someone unconscious)
- (transitive) to knock down (to hit or knock something, usually intentionally, so that it falls)
- (intransitive) to clank, clatter (used to describe a clattering sound, e.g. such as made by a train travelling over the spots where there's a space between the successive rails)
- Juna kolkkasi kohti itää pimenevässä illassa.
- The train clattered towards the east amidst the darkening night.
- Juna kolkkasi kohti itää pimenevässä illassa.
Conjugation
| Inflection of kolkata (Kotus type 73/salata, kk-k gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kolkkaan | en kolkkaa | 1st sing. | olen kolkannut | en ole kolkannut | |
| 2nd sing. | kolkkaat | et kolkkaa | 2nd sing. | olet kolkannut | et ole kolkannut | |
| 3rd sing. | kolkkaa | ei kolkkaa | 3rd sing. | on kolkannut | ei ole kolkannut | |
| 1st plur. | kolkkaamme | emme kolkkaa | 1st plur. | olemme kolkanneet | emme ole kolkanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kolkkaatte | ette kolkkaa | 2nd plur. | olette kolkanneet | ette ole kolkanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kolkkaavat | eivät kolkkaa | 3rd plur. | ovat kolkanneet | eivät ole kolkanneet | |
| passive | kolkataan | ei kolkata | passive | on kolkattu | ei ole kolkattu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kolkkasin | en kolkannut | 1st sing. | olin kolkannut | en ollut kolkannut | |
| 2nd sing. | kolkkasit | et kolkannut | 2nd sing. | olit kolkannut | et ollut kolkannut | |
| 3rd sing. | kolkkasi | ei kolkannut | 3rd sing. | oli kolkannut | ei ollut kolkannut | |
| 1st plur. | kolkkasimme | emme kolkanneet | 1st plur. | olimme kolkanneet | emme olleet kolkanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kolkkasitte | ette kolkanneet | 2nd plur. | olitte kolkanneet | ette olleet kolkanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kolkkasivat | eivät kolkanneet | 3rd plur. | olivat kolkanneet | eivät olleet kolkanneet | |
| passive | kolkattiin | ei kolkattu | passive | oli kolkattu | ei ollut kolkattu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kolkkaisin | en kolkkaisi | 1st sing. | olisin kolkannut | en olisi kolkannut | |
| 2nd sing. | kolkkaisit | et kolkkaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kolkannut | et olisi kolkannut | |
| 3rd sing. | kolkkaisi | ei kolkkaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kolkannut | ei olisi kolkannut | |
| 1st plur. | kolkkaisimme | emme kolkkaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kolkanneet | emme olisi kolkanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kolkkaisitte | ette kolkkaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kolkanneet | ette olisi kolkanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kolkkaisivat | eivät kolkkaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kolkanneet | eivät olisi kolkanneet | |
| passive | kolkattaisiin | ei kolkattaisi | passive | olisi kolkattu | ei olisi kolkattu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kolkkaa | älä kolkkaa | 2nd sing. | ole kolkannut | älä ole kolkannut | |
| 3rd sing. | kolkatkoon | älköön kolkatko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kolkannut | älköön olko kolkannut | |
| 1st plur. | kolkatkaamme | älkäämme kolkatko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kolkanneet | älkäämme olko kolkanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kolkatkaa | älkää kolkatko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kolkanneet | älkää olko kolkanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kolkatkoot | älkööt kolkatko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kolkanneet | älkööt olko kolkanneet | |
| passive | kolkattakoon | älköön kolkattako | passive | olkoon kolkattu | älköön olko kolkattu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kolkannen | en kolkanne | 1st sing. | lienen kolkannut | en liene kolkannut | |
| 2nd sing. | kolkannet | et kolkanne | 2nd sing. | lienet kolkannut | et liene kolkannut | |
| 3rd sing. | kolkannee | ei kolkanne | 3rd sing. | lienee kolkannut | ei liene kolkannut | |
| 1st plur. | kolkannemme | emme kolkanne | 1st plur. | lienemme kolkanneet | emme liene kolkanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kolkannette | ette kolkanne | 2nd plur. | lienette kolkanneet | ette liene kolkanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kolkannevat | eivät kolkanne | 3rd plur. | lienevät kolkanneet | eivät liene kolkanneet | |
| passive | kolkattaneen | ei kolkattane | passive | lienee kolkattu | ei liene kolkattu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kolkata | present | kolkkaava | kolkattava | ||
| long 1st2 | kolkatakseen | past | kolkannut | kolkattu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kolkatessa | kolkattaessa | agent1, 3 | kolkkaama | |
| instructive | kolkaten | — | negative | kolkkaamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kolkkaamassa | — | 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 | kolkkaamasta | — | ||||
| illative | kolkkaamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kolkkaamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kolkkaamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | kolkkaaman | kolkattaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kolkkaaminen | ||||
| partitive | kolkkaamista | |||||
| 5th2 | kolkkaamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to knock down): kaataa
- (to clatter): kolistaa, kolistella, kolkuttaa, kolkutella
Derived terms
- kolkka
- kolkkaus