/ˈkuntɑ/, [ˈkun̪t̪ɑ̝]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *kunta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta. Cognates include Estonian -kond, Livonian -gõnd (kōzgõnd), Votic kuntõ, Erzya кондямо (konďamo), Moksha кондя (kondä), Northern Mansi [script needed] (χōnt) and Hungarian had.
The sense “municipality, commune” is based on an earlier sense “province” (= lääni, attested in 1776). In general, this word was originally rare on its own, and in many of the related Finnic languages, it occurs only as the latter part in compounds.
- municipality (incorporated town or village)
“maaseutukunta” — rural municipality
“Kuusamon kunta” — municipality of Kuusamo
- commune (local political division in many European countries and their former colonies)
- in-compoundsused to form nouns that refer to administrative or functional regions
“hiippa (“mitre”) + kunta → hiippakunta (“diocese”)”
“kihla- + kunta → kihlakunta (“hundred (administrative division)”)”
“kalastus (“fishing”) + kunta → kalastuskunta (“fishery board”)”
- in-compoundsused to form nouns that refer to multimember bodies, organizations etc.
“edustaa (“to represent”) + kunta → eduskunta (“parliament”)”
“johto (“management”) + kunta → johtokunta (“board of directors”)”
“palo (“fire”) + kunta → palokunta (“fire brigade”)”
- in-compoundsused to form nouns that refer to large groups of creatures or things as a whole
“aurinko (“sun”) + kunta → aurinkokunta (“solar system”)”
“henkilö (“person”) + kunta → henkilökunta (“staff”)”
“ihminen (“human”) + kunta → ihmiskunta (“humankind”)”
- in-compoundsused with certain numerals to represent an approximate amount
“kymmenen (“ten”) + kunta → kymmenkunta (“about ten”)”
“sata (“a hundred”) + kunta → satakunta (“about a hundred”)”
“tuhat (“a thousand”) + kunta → tuhatkunta (“about a thousand”)”
- kingdom
“eläinkunta” — animal kingdom
- field
Muodotkunta(nominative, singular) · kunnat(nominative, plural) · kunta(accusative, nominative, singular) · kunnat(accusative, nominative, plural) · kunnan(accusative, genitive, singular) · kunnat(accusative, genitive, plural) · kunnan(genitive, singular) · kuntien(genitive, plural) · kuntain(genitive, plural, rare) · kuntaa(partitive, singular) · kuntia(partitive, plural) · kunnassa(inessive, singular) · kunnissa(inessive, plural) · kunnasta(elative, singular) · kunnista(elative, plural) · kuntaan(illative, singular) · kuntiin(illative, plural) · kunnalla(adessive, singular) · kunnilla(adessive, plural) · kunnalta(ablative, singular)