tunturi

See also: Tunturi

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from Sami, compare Kildin Sami тӯнтар (tūntar), from Proto-Samic *tuontër.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunturi/, [ˈt̪un̪t̪uri]
• Rhymes: -unturi
• Hyphenation^(key): tun‧tu‧ri

Noun

tunturi

1. fell; a mountain belonging to the Scandinavian Mountains or otherwise located in or around Northern Finland or, less commonly, some other parts of Northern Europe

Usage notes

• The word tunturi is used of mountains belonging to the Scandinavian Mountain Ridge, which forms the "backbone" of the Scandinavian peninsula, and of rounded bare hills/mountains of northern Finland and Kola peninsula, and sometimes of similar mountains of Iceland. Other mountains of the world are generally called vuori.
• The Finns like to translate tunturi into English as fell (instead of mountain) probably because the tunturis resemble the fells of England, and because the word fell is of Scandinavian origin. The Scandinavian word (e.g. Norwegian fjell and Swedish fjäll) means the same as the Finnish word tunturi.

Declension

Inflection of tunturi (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		tunturi	tunturit
genitive		tunturin	tunturien tuntureiden tuntureitten
partitive		tunturia	tuntureita tuntureja
illative		tunturiin	tuntureihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tunturi	tunturit
accusative	nom.	tunturi	tunturit
	gen.	tunturin
genitive		tunturin	tunturien tuntureiden tuntureitten
partitive		tunturia	tuntureita tuntureja
inessive		tunturissa	tuntureissa
elative		tunturista	tuntureista
illative		tunturiin	tuntureihin
adessive		tunturilla	tuntureilla
ablative		tunturilta	tuntureilta
allative		tunturille	tuntureille
essive		tunturina	tuntureina
translative		tunturiksi	tuntureiksi
abessive		tunturitta	tuntureitta
instructive		—	tunturein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tunturi (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tunturini tunturini accusative nom. tunturini tunturini gen. tunturini genitive tunturini tunturieni tuntureideni tuntureitteni partitive tunturiani tuntureitani tunturejani inessive tunturissani tuntureissani elative tunturistani tuntureistani illative tunturiini tuntureihini adessive tunturillani tuntureillani ablative tunturiltani tuntureiltani allative tunturilleni tuntureilleni essive tunturinani tuntureinani translative tunturikseni tuntureikseni abessive tunturittani tuntureittani instructive — — comitative — tuntureineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tunturisi tunturisi accusative nom. tunturisi tunturisi gen. tunturisi genitive tunturisi tunturiesi tuntureidesi tuntureittesi partitive tunturiasi tuntureitasi tunturejasi inessive tunturissasi tuntureissasi elative tunturistasi tuntureistasi illative tunturiisi tuntureihisi adessive tunturillasi tuntureillasi ablative tunturiltasi tuntureiltasi allative tunturillesi tuntureillesi essive tunturinasi tuntureinasi translative tunturiksesi tuntureiksesi abessive tunturittasi tuntureittasi instructive — — comitative — tuntureinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tunturimme tunturimme accusative nom. tunturimme tunturimme gen. tunturimme genitive tunturimme tunturiemme tuntureidemme tuntureittemme partitive tunturiamme tuntureitamme tunturejamme inessive tunturissamme tuntureissamme elative tunturistamme tuntureistamme illative tunturiimme tuntureihimme adessive tunturillamme tuntureillamme ablative tunturiltamme tuntureiltamme allative tunturillemme tuntureillemme essive tunturinamme tuntureinamme translative tunturiksemme tuntureiksemme abessive tunturittamme tuntureittamme instructive — — comitative — tuntureinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tunturinne tunturinne accusative nom. tunturinne tunturinne gen. tunturinne genitive tunturinne tunturienne tuntureidenne tuntureittenne partitive tunturianne tuntureitanne tunturejanne inessive tunturissanne tuntureissanne elative tunturistanne tuntureistanne illative tunturiinne tuntureihinne adessive tunturillanne tuntureillanne ablative tunturiltanne tuntureiltanne allative tunturillenne tuntureillenne essive tunturinanne tuntureinanne translative tunturiksenne tuntureiksenne abessive tunturittanne tuntureittanne instructive — — comitative — tuntureinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tunturinsa tunturinsa accusative nom. tunturinsa tunturinsa gen. tunturinsa genitive tunturinsa tunturiensa tuntureidensa tuntureittensa partitive tunturiaan tunturiansa tuntureitaan tunturejaan tuntureitansa tunturejansa inessive tunturissaan tunturissansa tuntureissaan tuntureissansa elative tunturistaan tunturistansa tuntureistaan tuntureistansa illative tunturiinsa tuntureihinsa adessive tunturillaan tunturillansa tuntureillaan tuntureillansa ablative tunturiltaan tunturiltansa tuntureiltaan tuntureiltansa allative tunturilleen tunturillensa tuntureilleen tuntureillensa essive tunturinaan tunturinansa tuntureinaan tuntureinansa translative tunturikseen tunturiksensa tuntureikseen tuntureiksensa abessive tunturittaan tunturittansa tuntureittaan tuntureittansa instructive — — comitative — tuntureineen tuntureinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• Korvatunturi
• tunturialue
• tunturihaukka
• tunturihiihto
• tunturihopeatäplä
• tunturihotelli
• tunturihuippu
• tunturijono
• tunturijärvi
• tunturikasvi
• tunturikasvillisuus
• tunturikihu
• tunturikirjosiipi
• tunturikiuru
• tunturikoivu
• tunturikuru
• tunturilampi
• tunturilappalainen
• Tunturi-Lappi
• tunturilieko
• tunturilimaseitikki
• tunturimaisema
• tunturimaja
• tunturimittari
• tunturineekeri
• tunturinhuippu
• tunturinlaki
• tunturiopas
• tunturipaljakka
• tunturipeura
• tunturiporo
• tunturipuro
• tunturipöllö
• tunturiretkeily
• tunturiretki
• tunturisaamelainen
• tunturisara
• tunturiselänne
• tunturiseutu
• tunturisillihapero
• tunturisopuli
• tunturitupa
• tunturivaellus
• tunturivyöhyke

 

Further reading

• “tunturi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03