hauta

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hau̯ta/ [hau̯.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /au̯ta/ [au̯.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -au̯ta
• Hyphenation: hau‧ta

hauta (comparative hautago, superlative hauten, excessive hautegi)

1. (Northern) prime, choice

   Synonyms: aukerako, bikain

hauta inan

1. (Northern) choice

   Synonyms: hautatze, aukera

hauta

1. Short form of hautatu (“to choose”).

• “hauta”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “hauta”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Proto-Finnic *hauta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sauþaz.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑutɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): hau‧ta

hauta

1. grave, tomb
2. trench (long, steep-sided, narrow depression in the ocean floor)

   Mariaanien hauta ― Mariana Trench

3. pit in the ground

   tervahauta ― tar kiln

• hautua
• syvänne

• “hauta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• uhata

From Proto-Finnic *hauta. Cognates include Finnish hauta and Estonian haud.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈhɑu̯t]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈhɑu̯d̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t, -ɑu̯tɑ
• Hyphenation: hau‧ta

hauta

1. pit
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Jos kynnetyn maan pääl möö kaivaamma havvan, nii havvan servääs möö näemmä slojan mustaa tali harmaata maata.

     If in the surface of the earth we dig a pit, then on the edge of the pit we see a layer of black or grey soil.

2. grave

Declension of hauta (type 3/kana, aut-avv gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	hauta	havvat
genitive	havvan	hautoin
partitive	hautaa	hautoja
illative	hautaa	hautoi
inessive	havvaas	havvois
elative	havvast	havvoist
allative	havvalle	havvoille
adessive	havvaal	havvoil
ablative	havvalt	havvoilt
translative	havvaks	havvoiks
essive	hautanna, hautaan	hautoinna, hautoin
exessive1)	hautant	hautoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 49

Regional variants of hauta

North Karelian (Viena)	hauta
South Karelian (Tver)	hauda

From Proto-Finnic *hauta. Cognates include Finnish hauta and Estonian haud.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑu̯tɑ/
• Hyphenation: hau‧ta

hauta (genitive hauvan, partitive hautua)

1. (North Karelian) pit
2. (North Karelian) grave

Viena Karelian declension of hauta (type 4/kala, ut-uv gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	hauta	hauvat
genitive	hauvan	hautojen
partitive	hautua	hautoja
illative	hautah	hautoih
inessive	hauvašša	hauvoissa
elative	hauvašta	hauvoista
adessive	hauvalla	hauvoilla
ablative	hauvalta	hauvoilta
translative	hauvakši	hauvoiksi
essive	hautana	hautoina
comitative	—	hauvoineh
abessive	hauvatta	hauvoitta

Possessive forms of hauta
1st person	hautani
2nd person	hautaš
3rd person	hautah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “яма”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN