Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | kansa |
| Partitive | kansaa |
| Genetive | kansan |
| Accusative | kansan |
| Inessive | kansassa |
| Elative | kansasta |
| Illative | kansaan |
| Adessive | kansalla |
| Ablative | kansalta |
| Allative | kansalle |
| Essive | kansana |
| Translative | kansaksi |
| Abessive | kansatta |
Plural
| Nominative | kansat |
| Partitive | kansoja |
| Genetive | kansojen |
| Accusative | kansat |
| Inessive | kansoissa |
| Elative | kansoista |
| Illative | kansoihin |
| Adessive | kansoilla |
| Ablative | kansoilta |
| Allative | kansoille |
| Essive | kansoina |
| Translative | kansoiksi |
| Abessive | kansoitta |
| Instructive | kansoin |
| Comitative | kansoine |
Sample Sentences
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Torilla on tänään paljon kansaa. (There are a lot of people in the market today.)
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Hän nousi kansan riveistä politiikan huipulle. (He rose from the ranks of the common people to the top of politics.)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kansa (compare Livvi kanzu, Veps kanz), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hansō (earlier *hansā, compare Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃𐌰 (hansa)). See: Gothic Nouns '
𐌷𐌰𐌽𐍃𐌰'.
Nouns inflected like kansa
aapa,
aatra,
aava,
abbedissa,
abrakadabra,
abskissa,
adventtiaika,
aerodynamiikka,
afta,
agenda,
ahdelauha,
ahkeraliisa,
ahma,
ahminta,
ahnehdinta,
aika,
aina,
aisa,
aita,
aitta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)