# tunturi
## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sami, compare Kildin Sami тӯнтар (tūntar), from Proto-Samic *tuontër. Doublet of tanner, tantere, and tundra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtunturi/, [ˈt̪un̪t̪uri]
* Rhymes: -unturi
* Hyphenation: tun‧tu‧ri

### Noun

tunturi
* fell; a mountain belonging to the Scandinavian Mountains or otherwise located in or around Northern Finland or, less commonly, some other parts of Northern Europe

#### Usage notes

* The word tunturi is used of mountains belonging to the Scandinavian Mountain Ridge, which forms the "backbone" of the Scandinavian peninsula, and of rounded bare hills/mountains of northern Finland and Kola peninsula, and sometimes of similar mountains of Iceland. Other mountains of the world are generally called vuori.
* The Finns like to translate tunturi into English as fell (instead of mountain) probably because the tunturis resemble the fells of England, and because the word fell is of Scandinavian origin. The Scandinavian word (e.g. Norwegian fjell and Swedish fjäll) means the same as the Finnish word tunturi.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tunturi (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tunturini
tunturini
accusative
nom.
tunturini
tunturini
gen.
tunturini
genitive
tunturini
tunturieni tuntureideni tuntureitteni
partitive
tunturiani
tuntureitani tunturejani
inessive
tunturissani
tuntureissani
elative
tunturistani
tuntureistani
illative
tunturiini
tuntureihini
adessive
tunturillani
tuntureillani
ablative
tunturiltani
tuntureiltani
allative
tunturilleni
tuntureilleni
essive
tunturinani
tuntureinani
translative
tunturikseni
tuntureikseni
abessive
tunturittani
tuntureittani
instructive
comitative
—tuntureineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tunturisi
tunturisi
accusative
nom.
tunturisi
tunturisi
gen.
tunturisi
genitive
tunturisi
tunturiesi tuntureidesi tuntureittesi
partitive
tunturiasi
tuntureitasi tunturejasi
inessive
tunturissasi
tuntureissasi
elative
tunturistasi
tuntureistasi
illative
tunturiisi
tuntureihisi
adessive
tunturillasi
tuntureillasi
ablative
tunturiltasi
tuntureiltasi
allative
tunturillesi
tuntureillesi
essive
tunturinasi
tuntureinasi
translative
tunturiksesi
tuntureiksesi
abessive
tunturittasi
tuntureittasi
instructive
comitative
—tuntureinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tunturimme
tunturimme
accusative
nom.
tunturimme
tunturimme
gen.
tunturimme
genitive
tunturimme
tunturiemme tuntureidemme tuntureittemme
partitive
tunturiamme
tuntureitamme tunturejamme
inessive
tunturissamme
tuntureissamme
elative
tunturistamme
tuntureistamme
illative
tunturiimme
tuntureihimme
adessive
tunturillamme
tuntureillamme
ablative
tunturiltamme
tuntureiltamme
allative
tunturillemme
tuntureillemme
essive
tunturinamme
tuntureinamme
translative
tunturiksemme
tuntureiksemme
abessive
tunturittamme
tuntureittamme
instructive
comitative
—tuntureinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tunturinne
tunturinne
accusative
nom.
tunturinne
tunturinne
gen.
tunturinne
genitive
tunturinne
tunturienne tuntureidenne tuntureittenne
partitive
tunturianne
tuntureitanne tunturejanne
inessive
tunturissanne
tuntureissanne
elative
tunturistanne
tuntureistanne
illative
tunturiinne
tuntureihinne
adessive
tunturillanne
tuntureillanne
ablative
tunturiltanne
tuntureiltanne
allative
tunturillenne
tuntureillenne
essive
tunturinanne
tuntureinanne
translative
tunturiksenne
tuntureiksenne
abessive
tunturittanne
tuntureittanne
instructive
comitative
—tuntureinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tunturinsa
tunturinsa
accusative
nom.
tunturinsa
tunturinsa
gen.
tunturinsa
genitive
tunturinsa
tunturiensa tuntureidensa tuntureittensa
partitive
tunturiaan tunturiansa
tuntureitaan tunturejaan tuntureitansa tunturejansa
inessive
tunturissaan tunturissansa
tuntureissaan tuntureissansa
elative
tunturistaan tunturistansa
tuntureistaan tuntureistansa
illative
tunturiinsa
tuntureihinsa
adessive
tunturillaan tunturillansa
tuntureillaan tuntureillansa
ablative
tunturiltaan tunturiltansa
tuntureiltaan tuntureiltansa
allative
tunturilleen tunturillensa
tuntureilleen tuntureillensa
essive
tunturinaan tunturinansa
tuntureinaan tuntureinansa
translative
tunturikseen tunturiksensa
tuntureikseen tuntureiksensa
abessive
tunturittaan tunturittansa
tuntureittaan tuntureittansa
instructive
comitative
—tuntureineen tuntureinensa :

#### Derived terms

* Korvatunturi
* tunturialue
* tunturihaukka
* tunturihiihto
* tunturihopeatäplä
* tunturihotelli
* tunturihuippu
* tunturijono
* tunturijärvi
* tunturikasvi
* tunturikasvillisuus
* tunturikihu
* tunturikirjosiipi
* tunturikiuru
* tunturikoivu
* tunturikuru
* tunturilampi
* tunturilappalainen
* Tunturi-Lappi
* tunturilieko
* tunturilimaseitikki
* tunturimaisema
* tunturimaja
* tunturimittari
* tunturineekeri
* tunturinhuippu
* tunturinlaki
* tunturiopas
* tunturipaju
* tunturipaljakka
* tunturipeura
* tunturiporo
* tunturipuro
* tunturipöllö
* tunturiretkeily
* tunturiretki
* tunturisaamelainen
* tunturisara
* tunturiselänne
* tunturiseutu
* tunturisillihapero
* tunturisopuli
* tunturitupa
* tunturivaellus
* tunturivyöhyke

### Further reading

* “tunturi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03