hepo
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *hëpo, cognate with Estonian hobu, Karelian hepo/hebo, Veps hepo, Livonian ibbi, Votic õpo, Votic opo. Possibly a loan from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos, such as Proto-Germanic *ehwaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hepo
- (poetic) horse
- (colloquial) heroin
Usage notes edit
Rare in general usage, although common in sayings, idioms and in metaphorical use.
Declension edit
Inflection of hepo (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hepo | hevot | ||
genitive | hevon | hepojen | ||
partitive | hepoa | hepoja | ||
illative | hepoon | hepoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hepo | hevot | ||
accusative | nom. | hepo | hevot | |
gen. | hevon | |||
genitive | hevon | hepojen | ||
partitive | hepoa | hepoja | ||
inessive | hevossa | hevoissa | ||
elative | hevosta | hevoista | ||
illative | hepoon | hepoihin | ||
adessive | hevolla | hevoilla | ||
ablative | hevolta | hevoilta | ||
allative | hevolle | hevoille | ||
essive | hepona | hepoina | ||
translative | hevoksi | hevoiksi | ||
abessive | hevotta | hevoitta | ||
instructive | — | hevoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
- (nouns): hevonen, virtahepo, rautahepo, hepokatti, hepoasteet
- (verbs): hevostella
- (vulgarities): hevonpaska, hevonvittu
References edit
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “hepo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Karelian edit
North Karelian (Viena) |
hepo |
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South Karelian (Tver) |
hebo |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *hëpo. Cognates include Finnish hepo and Veps hebo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hepo (genitive hevon, partitive hepuo)
Declension edit
Viena Karelian declension of hepo (type 1/tyttö, p-v gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | hepo | hevot | |
genitive | hevon | hepojen | |
partitive | hepuo | hepoja | |
illative | hepoh | hepoloih | |
inessive | hevošša | hepoloissa | |
elative | hevošta | hepoloista | |
adessive | hevolla | hepoloilla | |
ablative | hevolta | hepoloilta | |
translative | hevokši | hepoloiksi | |
essive | hepona | hepoloina | |
comitative | — | hepoloineh | |
abessive | hevotta | hepoloitta |
Possessive forms of hepo | ||
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1st person | heponi | |
2nd person | hepoš | |
3rd person | hepoh | |
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. |
References edit
- P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “hepo”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN