kulua

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *kuludak (compare Estonian kuluma, Livonian ku’llõ), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kule- (compare Erzya каладомс (kaladoms), Northern Khanty [Term?], Northern Mansi [Term?]). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuluɑˣ/, [ˈkuluɑ̝(ʔ)] Rhymes: -uluɑ Syllabification(key): ku‧lu‧a Hyphenation(key): ku‧lua === Verb === kulua (intransitive) to wear (out/thin/down) (e.g. of clothes or parts) to get spent, be spent, go [with illative ‘on’] (of money) to be/get consumed (of resources, food, etc.); to get eaten (of food) to go by, pass by, pass off, elapse (of time) [with elative ‘since’] (figuratively) to be hackneyed, to become trite; to become uninteresting by (too) frequent use ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== kulua hukkaan ― to be wasted/squandered kulua loppuun ― to be depleted, be exhausted kulua umpeen ― to expire, be up kulua vähiin ― to (be) run(ning) out === References === === Further reading === “kulua”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === kuula, lukua