köydenveto
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
köyden (“of a rope”) + veto (“pull, pulling”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
köydenveto
- tug of war (game)
- (figuratively) tug of war (dispute)
Declension edit
Inflection of köydenveto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | köydenveto | köydenvedot | ||
genitive | köydenvedon | köydenvetojen | ||
partitive | köydenvetoa | köydenvetoja | ||
illative | köydenvetoon | köydenvetoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | köydenveto | köydenvedot | ||
accusative | nom. | köydenveto | köydenvedot | |
gen. | köydenvedon | |||
genitive | köydenvedon | köydenvetojen | ||
partitive | köydenvetoa | köydenvetoja | ||
inessive | köydenvedossa | köydenvedoissa | ||
elative | köydenvedosta | köydenvedoista | ||
illative | köydenvetoon | köydenvetoihin | ||
adessive | köydenvedolla | köydenvedoilla | ||
ablative | köydenvedolta | köydenvedoilta | ||
allative | köydenvedolle | köydenvedoille | ||
essive | köydenvetona | köydenvetoina | ||
translative | köydenvedoksi | köydenvedoiksi | ||
abessive | köydenvedotta | köydenvedoitta | ||
instructive | — | köydenvedoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (dispute): kissanhännänveto
Further reading edit
- “köydenveto”, 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