portto
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from a North Germanic language, compare Old Norse portkona (“harlot”) and Old English portcwene.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
portto (derogatory)
- A harlot, whore, (female) prostitute.
Usage notes edit
Almost never used when referring a male person, in which case it is extremely obscene.
Declension edit
Inflection of portto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | portto | portot | ||
genitive | porton | porttojen | ||
partitive | porttoa | porttoja | ||
illative | porttoon | porttoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | portto | portot | ||
accusative | nom. | portto | portot | |
gen. | porton | |||
genitive | porton | porttojen | ||
partitive | porttoa | porttoja | ||
inessive | portossa | portoissa | ||
elative | portosta | portoista | ||
illative | porttoon | porttoihin | ||
adessive | portolla | portoilla | ||
ablative | portolta | portoilta | ||
allative | portolle | portoille | ||
essive | porttona | porttoina | ||
translative | portoksi | portoiksi | ||
abessive | portotta | portoitta | ||
instructive | — | portoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “portto”, 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 2023-07-03