keiju
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Probably from keijua, possibly originally as a shortening of keijukainen (rather than the other way around).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
keiju
- fairy (mythical being)
- storm petrel (any seabird in the family Oceanitidae or Hydrobatidae, formerly considered as one)
- (zoology) southern storm petrel (bird of the family Oceanitidae)
Declension edit
Inflection of keiju (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | keiju | keijut | ||
genitive | keijun | keijujen | ||
partitive | keijua | keijuja | ||
illative | keijuun | keijuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | keiju | keijut | ||
accusative | nom. | keiju | keijut | |
gen. | keijun | |||
genitive | keijun | keijujen | ||
partitive | keijua | keijuja | ||
inessive | keijussa | keijuissa | ||
elative | keijusta | keijuista | ||
illative | keijuun | keijuihin | ||
adessive | keijulla | keijuilla | ||
ablative | keijulta | keijuilta | ||
allative | keijulle | keijuille | ||
essive | keijuna | keijuina | ||
translative | keijuksi | keijuiksi | ||
abessive | keijutta | keijuitta | ||
instructive | — | keijuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “keiju”, 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
Tetum edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese queijo, from Old Galician-Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”).
Noun edit
keiju
- cheese (dairy product)