kautta

The partitive singular of kausi; the adpositions are derived through an older meaning of "road, way" or "passage (of a journey)".

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯tːɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝u̯t̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑutːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kaut‧ta

kautta (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)

1. through, via, by

   Ajoitko Kouvolan vai Haminan kautta?

   Did you drive via Kouvola or Hamina?

   Varaosat kannattaa tilata meidän kauttamme.

   It's beneficial to order the spare parts through us.

kautta (+ genitive)

1. throughout

   kautta maailman ― throughout the World

2. (figuratively) by, through (in interjections, etc.)

   kautta Teutateksen parran! ― by the beard of Toutatis!

kautta

1. partitive singular of kausi

   Hän on jo kolmatta kautta presidenttinä.

   He's already serving his third term as president.

kautta (colloquial)

1. (indeclinable) Ellipsis of kauttaviiva (“(informal) slash”).

• “kautta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• akutta, takuta

From the partitive of kaus (“period”). Akin to Finnish kautta.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯tːɑ/, [ˈkɑu̯tː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯tːɑ/, [ˈkɑu̯tːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯tː, -ɑu̯tːɑ
• Hyphenation: kaut‧ta

kautta (+ genitive)

1. due to, because of
2. through, by means of
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Naapurikeeliin, suomen, viron ja vadjan keeliin kera iƶoran keeli ono siottu oman strukturan, fonettisen, äänisostavan, kautta, mut iƶoran keeleel ono suur yhtehös i karjalan keelen kera.

     The Ingrian language is related to its neighbouring languages, Finnish, Estonian and Votic, through [its] own structure, that of phonetics, the inventory of sounds, but the Ingrian language has a strong connection with the Karelian language, too.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 146