villipeto
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
villi (“wild”) + peto (“predator, monster, beast”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
villipeto
- A predator, especially a large mammal that is potentially dangerous to man, such as bear, wolf or wolverine.
- (figuratively) wildcat (person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one)
Declension edit
Inflection of villipeto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | villipeto | villipedot | ||
genitive | villipedon | villipetojen | ||
partitive | villipetoa | villipetoja | ||
illative | villipetoon | villipetoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | villipeto | villipedot | ||
accusative | nom. | villipeto | villipedot | |
gen. | villipedon | |||
genitive | villipedon | villipetojen | ||
partitive | villipetoa | villipetoja | ||
inessive | villipedossa | villipedoissa | ||
elative | villipedosta | villipedoista | ||
illative | villipetoon | villipetoihin | ||
adessive | villipedolla | villipedoilla | ||
ablative | villipedolta | villipedoilta | ||
allative | villipedolle | villipedoille | ||
essive | villipetona | villipetoina | ||
translative | villipedoksi | villipedoiksi | ||
abessive | villipedotta | villipedoitta | ||
instructive | — | villipedoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “villipeto”, 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 2023-07-04