ruokahalu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
ruoka (“food”) + halu (“desire”). Coined by Johan Henrik Keckman in 1837 for the Finnish translation of Terveyden Opetus-Kirja yhteiselle kansalle by Kaarlo Nordblad.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ruokahalu
- appetite (desire of or relish for food)
- Hyvää ruokahalua!
- Bon appétit!
Declension edit
Inflection of ruokahalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ruokahalu | ruokahalut | ||
genitive | ruokahalun | ruokahalujen | ||
partitive | ruokahalua | ruokahaluja | ||
illative | ruokahaluun | ruokahaluihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ruokahalu | ruokahalut | ||
accusative | nom. | ruokahalu | ruokahalut | |
gen. | ruokahalun | |||
genitive | ruokahalun | ruokahalujen | ||
partitive | ruokahalua | ruokahaluja | ||
inessive | ruokahalussa | ruokahaluissa | ||
elative | ruokahalusta | ruokahaluista | ||
illative | ruokahaluun | ruokahaluihin | ||
adessive | ruokahalulla | ruokahaluilla | ||
ablative | ruokahalulta | ruokahaluilta | ||
allative | ruokahalulle | ruokahaluille | ||
essive | ruokahaluna | ruokahaluina | ||
translative | ruokahaluksi | ruokahaluiksi | ||
abessive | ruokahalutta | ruokahaluitta | ||
instructive | — | ruokahaluin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ruokahalu”, 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