revontulet
Finnish
editEtymology
editrevon (“fox's”) + tulet (“fires”); from the archaic belief that the northern lights are a reflection of the fur of a "firefox"; see tulikettu. Cognate with Ingrian revontulet, Karelian revontulet, rebontulet, rebointuled, Livvi rebointuli and Ludian revontuled.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrevontulet pl
- aurora (atmospheric phenomenon around magnetic poles of the Earth, created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere)
- northern lights, aurora borealis (this phenomenon on the northern hemisphere)
- southern lights, aurora australis (this phenomenon on the southern hemisphere)
Declension
editInflection of revontulet (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | — | revontulet | |
genitive | — | revontulien revontulten | |
partitive | — | revontulia | |
illative | — | revontuliin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | — | revontulet | |
accusative | nom. | — | revontulet |
gen. | — | ||
genitive | — | revontulien revontulten | |
partitive | — | revontulia | |
inessive | — | revontulissa | |
elative | — | revontulista | |
illative | — | revontuliin | |
adessive | — | revontulilla | |
ablative | — | revontulilta | |
allative | — | revontulille | |
essive | — | revontulina | |
translative | — | revontuliksi | |
abessive | — | revontulitta | |
instructive | — | revontulin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
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Further reading
edit- “revontulet”, 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
Ingrian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic [Term?], equivalent to revon (“fox's”) + tulet (“fires”); from a traditional belief that northern lights are a reflection of a firefox's fur. Cognates include Finnish revontulet and Karelian revontulet.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈreʋonˌtulet/, [ˈre̞ʋo̞nˌtuɫe̞d]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈreʋoi̯nˌtulet/, [ˈre̞ʋo̞i̯nˌd̥uɫe̞d̥]
- Rhymes: -ulet
- Hyphenation: re‧von‧tu‧let
Noun
editrevontulet
Declension
editDeclension of revontulet (type 5/keeli, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | — | revontulet |
genitive | — | revontulliin, revontuliloin |
partitive | — | revontullia, revontuliloja |
illative | — | revontullii, revontuliloihe |
inessive | — | revontulis, revontulilois |
elative | — | revontulist, revontuliloist |
allative | — | revontulille, revontuliloille |
adessive | — | revontulil, revontuliloil |
ablative | — | revontulilt, revontuliloilt |
translative | — | revontuliks, revontuliloiks |
essive | — | revontulinna, revontuliloinna, revontulliin, revontuliloin |
exessive1) | — | revontulint, revontuliloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References
edit- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 475
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- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
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