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Päivän sana heinäkuu (July) (sopuli.xyz)
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Etymology

heinä (“hay”) +‎ kuu (“month”); haymaking often takes place in July. Compare Estonian heinakuu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhei̯næˌkuː/, [ˈhe̞i̯næˌkuː]
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Syllabification(key): hei‧nä‧kuu
  • Hyphenation(key): heinä‧kuu

Noun

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heinäkuu

  1. July (month)

Usage notes

“in July” is expressed with the inessive case (heinäkuussa). When the day is specified, the partitive case is used (e.g. 1. heinäkuuta), but the genitive is also possible in a structure like heinäkuun 1. päivä.

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