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Kela
Kela
Finnish
Acronym
Kela
- Short form of Kansaneläkelaitos, the Finnish social security agency.
Declension
| Inflection of Kela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kela | Kelat | |
| genitive | Kelan | Kelojen | |
| partitive | Kelaa | Keloja | |
| illative | Kelaan | Keloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kela | Kelat | |
| accusative | nom. | Kela | Kelat |
| gen. | Kelan | ||
| genitive | Kelan | Kelojen Kelainrare |
|
| partitive | Kelaa | Keloja | |
| inessive | Kelassa | Keloissa | |
| elative | Kelasta | Keloista | |
| illative | Kelaan | Keloihin | |
| adessive | Kelalla | Keloilla | |
| ablative | Kelalta | Keloilta | |
| allative | Kelalle | Keloille | |
| essive | Kelana | Keloina | |
| translative | Kelaksi | Keloiksi | |
| instructive | — | Keloin | |
| abessive | Kelatta | Keloitta | |
| comitative | — | Keloineen | |
Usage notes
The acronym is more frequently used than the full name.
kela
kela
Finnish
Noun
kela
Declension
| Inflection of kela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kela | kelat | |
| genitive | kelan | kelojen | |
| partitive | kelaa | keloja | |
| illative | kelaan | keloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kela | kelat | |
| accusative | nom. | kela | kelat |
| gen. | kelan | ||
| genitive | kelan | kelojen kelainrare |
|
| partitive | kelaa | keloja | |
| inessive | kelassa | keloissa | |
| elative | kelasta | keloista | |
| illative | kelaan | keloihin | |
| adessive | kelalla | keloilla | |
| ablative | kelalta | keloilta | |
| allative | kelalle | keloille | |
| essive | kelana | keloina | |
| translative | kelaksi | keloiksi | |
| instructive | — | keloin | |
| abessive | kelatta | keloitta | |
| comitative | — | keloineen | |
Anagrams
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kelōn (West-Germanic). Cognate to Dutch keel (“throat”), Old English ceole. Maybe cognate to Latin gula (“throat”).
Noun
kela f
Descendants
- German: Kehle