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puuvilla - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

puu (tree) +‎ villa (wool); calque of German Baumwolle (cotton, literally tree-wool).

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuːˌʋilːɑ/, [ˈpuːˌʋilːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ilːɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): puu‧villa

puuvilla

  1. cotton (type of plant used as a source of cotton fiber)
  2. cotton (raw material)
  3. cotton (textile)
Puuvilla.

From puu (tree) +‎ villa (wool), ultimately a calque of German Baumwolle. Akin to Finnish puuvilla and Estonian puuvill.

puuvilla

  1. cotton
Declension of puuvilla (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative puuvilla puuvillat
genitive puuvillan puuvilloin
partitive puuvillaa puuvilloja
illative puuvillaa puuvilloihe
inessive puuvillaas puuvillois
elative puuvillast puuvilloist
allative puuvillalle puuvilloille
adessive puuvillaal puuvilloil
ablative puuvillalt puuvilloilt
translative puuvillaks puuvilloiks
essive puuvillanna, puuvillaan puuvilloinna, puuvilloin
exessive1) puuvillant puuvilloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 446