Kitinen

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1908, from Finnish Kitinen; no further etymology for the name is known. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɪtɪnɛn/ or as in Finnish === Proper noun === Kitinen A major tributary of the river Kemi, Finland’s longest river. 1908, William Johnson Sollas and Hertha B.C. Sollas (translators), Eduard Suess (author), The Face of the Earth (Das Antlitz der Erde) III, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, page 380: Sederholm, who visited the district south of lake Enare in 1898, confirms Jernström’s observations; Herr Sederholm also informs me that the Jatulian quartzite, coming from Kittilä continues towards the south-east and reaches the river Kitinen north of the church of Sodankylä. 2005, Mark Nuttall (editor), Encyclopedia of the Arctic I–III (A–Z), Routledge, →ISBN (Master e-book), page 1,164/1, “Lappin Lääni”: The main rivers are the Muonio, Ounas, Ivalo, Tana, Kitinen, and Kemi. With the exception of Tana, they all drain southward into the Gulf of Bothnia. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Kitinen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === kinetin == Finnish == === Etymology === Unknown. Almost certainly a borrowing from Sami, but the etymon is unknown as it has not been preserved. Northern Sami Gittesjohka is reborrowed from Finnish. First attested as Kittina iockj (with Finnish joki) in 1598. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkitinen/, [ˈk̟it̪ine̞n] Rhymes: -itinen Syllabification(key): Ki‧ti‧nen Hyphenation(key): Ki‧ti‧nen === Proper noun === Kitinen Kitinen ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: Kitinen === References === === Further reading === Kitinen on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi === Anagrams === tinkien