esiliina
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
esiliina
- apron
- chaperone, someone who watches over an unmarried young couple to ensure the propriety of their meetings.
Declension edit
Inflection of esiliina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | esiliina | esiliinat | ||
genitive | esiliinan | esiliinojen | ||
partitive | esiliinaa | esiliinoja | ||
illative | esiliinaan | esiliinoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | esiliina | esiliinat | ||
accusative | nom. | esiliina | esiliinat | |
gen. | esiliinan | |||
genitive | esiliinan | esiliinojen esiliinainrare | ||
partitive | esiliinaa | esiliinoja | ||
inessive | esiliinassa | esiliinoissa | ||
elative | esiliinasta | esiliinoista | ||
illative | esiliinaan | esiliinoihin | ||
adessive | esiliinalla | esiliinoilla | ||
ablative | esiliinalta | esiliinoilta | ||
allative | esiliinalle | esiliinoille | ||
essive | esiliinana | esiliinoina | ||
translative | esiliinaksi | esiliinoiksi | ||
abessive | esiliinatta | esiliinoitta | ||
instructive | — | esiliinoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (colloquial) essu
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “esiliina”, 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 2023-07-02