kerta
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kërta (compare Estonian kord), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Old Prussian kērdā, Lithuanian kartas), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kert- (“time”) (compare Sanskrit सकृत् (sakṛt, “once”), from *sm̥-kŕ̥t). Related to Erzya кирда (kirda, “turn; habit, manner; party, feast”), ламонь кирда (lamoń kirda, “many times”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkertɑ/, [ˈk̟e̞rt̪ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ertɑ
- Syllabification(key): ker‧ta
Noun
kerta
- time, occasion (particular instance or occurrence)
- Kun tapasin hänet ensimmäisen kerran, hänellä oli yllään vaaleanpunainen puku.
- When I met him for the first time he was wearing a pink suit.
- Täällä on joka kerta yhtä hauskaa.
- Every time it's equally fun to be here.
- Saat anteeksi poissaolosi, mutta tämä on viimeinen kerta.
- I'll excuse your absence, but this is the last time!
- Hän on valehdellut minulle kaksi kertaa.
- She has lied to me on two occasions.
- time (ratio of comparison)
- Koirasi on neljä kertaa niin painava kuin minun.
- Your dog is four times as heavy as mine.
- layer
- Synonym: kerros
- nonce (one or single occasion, in the expression "for the nonce")
- Se kelpaa tämän kerran, mutta pidemmän päälle tarvitsemme paremman vastauksen.
- That will do for the nonce, but we'll need a better answer for the long term.
- (in compounds) one-off, one-time (occurring once, independent of any pattern)
- Hallitus väitti, että verotietojen nolo katoaminen oli kertatapaus.
- The government insisted that the embarrassing loss of the tax records was a one-off event.
- (in compounds) disposable
- kertavaippa ― disposable diaper
- (now in compounds) floor
- alakerta ― lower floor
Usage notes
- -sti may be substituted with numbers larger than one when explaining how many times something has happened:
- Olen käynyt Japanissa kolme kertaa. / Olen käynyt Japanissa kolmesti.
- I have visited Japan three times.
Declension
Inflection of kerta (Kotus type 9*K/kala, rt-rr gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kerta | kerrat | ||
genitive | kerran | kertojen | ||
partitive | kertaa | kertoja | ||
illative | kertaan | kertoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kerta | kerrat | ||
accusative | nom. | kerta | kerrat | |
gen. | kerran | |||
genitive | kerran | kertojen kertainrare | ||
partitive | kertaa | kertoja | ||
inessive | kerrassa | kerroissa | ||
elative | kerrasta | kerroista | ||
illative | kertaan | kertoihin | ||
adessive | kerralla | kerroilla | ||
ablative | kerralta | kerroilta | ||
allative | kerralle | kerroille | ||
essive | kertana | kertoina | ||
translative | kerraksi | kerroiksi | ||
abessive | kerratta | kerroitta | ||
instructive | — | kerroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
compounds
- alakerta
- alusvaatekerta
- edelliskerta
- edelliskertainen
- elämäkerta
- elämänkerta
- ensikertainen
- ensikertalainen
- esityskerta
- harjoituskerta
- hirsikerta
- hoitokerta
- kaksinkerroin
- Kakskerta
- katselukerta
- kerta-annos
- kerta-astia
- kerta-avustus
- kertaheitolla
- kertahyödyke
- kertakaikkinen
- kertakaikkisesti
- kertakorvaus
- kertakäyttö
- kertalaaki
- kertalippu
- kertaluku
- kertaluokka
- kertaluonteinen
- kertaluontoinen
- kertalämmitteinen
- kertamaksu
- kertamaksulaina
- kertamuovi
- kertapakkaus
- kertapullo
- kertarysäys
- kertasinko
- kertasuoritus
- kertatuli
- kertatuliase
- kertatyydyttymätön
- kertavaippa
- kertavuotinen
- käynnistyskerta
- käyntikerta
- mallikerta
- monikerta
- purjekerta
- satakerta
- tasakerta
- toiskertainen
- tämänkertainen
- vaatekerta
- viimekertainen
- vuosikerta
- yläkerta
- äänikerta
Adverb
kerta (colloquial)
- Synonym of kerran (“when, since”)
- Ei sitten, jos et kerta uskalla.
- Fine then, if you don't dare.
Further reading
- “kerta”, 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
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kërta, from a Baltic language. Cognates include Finnish kerta and Estonian kord.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkertɑ/, [ˈke̞rt]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkertɑ/, [ˈke̞rd̥ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ert, -ertɑ
- Hyphenation: ker‧ta
Noun
kerta
- time, occasion
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:
- Șura siin kuus ei yhtkää kertaa mööhästynt.
- That month Šura wasn't late even one time.
- storey, floor
Declension
Declension of kerta (type 3/kana, rt-rr gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kerta | kerrat |
genitive | kerran | kertoin |
partitive | kertaa | kertoja |
illative | kertaa | kertoi |
inessive | kerraas | kerrois |
elative | kerrast | kerroist |
allative | kerralle | kerroille |
adessive | kerraal | kerroil |
ablative | kerralt | kerroilt |
translative | kerraks | kerroiks |
essive | kertanna, kertaan | kertoinna, kertoin |
exessive1) | kertant | kertoint |
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. |
Derived terms
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