aljo
Finnish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPossibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aljaną.[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editaljo (dialectal, archaic, Western Finnish)
- describing a tamed animal
- describing trees planted or saved for visual purposes
- (derogatory) whorish; describing an ummarried woman living with a man
- (derogatory) fat, large (of a person)
- (derogatory) lazy; greedy; egoistic
- bound, imprisoned
- describing a field with a poor yield
- favourite
Declension
editInflection of aljo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | aljo | aljot | |
genitive | aljon | aljojen | |
partitive | aljoa | aljoja | |
illative | aljoon | aljoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | aljo | aljot | |
accusative | nom. | aljo | aljot |
gen. | aljon | ||
genitive | aljon | aljojen | |
partitive | aljoa | aljoja | |
inessive | aljossa | aljoissa | |
elative | aljosta | aljoista | |
illative | aljoon | aljoihin | |
adessive | aljolla | aljoilla | |
ablative | aljolta | aljoilta | |
allative | aljolle | aljoille | |
essive | aljona | aljoina | |
translative | aljoksi | aljoiksi | |
abessive | aljotta | aljoitta | |
instructive | — | aljoin | |
comitative | — | aljoine |
Derived terms
editcompounds
References
edit- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- “aljo”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN, retrieved 2021-06-09.