vuonna

An old essive (originally locative) singular form of vuosi (“year”). Originally, essive forms with consonant stems went through a greater degree of assimilation (vuonna < *voonna < *vootna < *voote-na), but were later made more regular again by analogy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋuo̯nːɑ/, [ˈʋuo̞̯nːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uonːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vuon‧na

vuonna

1. in the year

   Synnyin vuonna 1950.

   I was born in the year 1950.

• uunna

• “vuonna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• vuonan