asumus
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From asua (“to live, habit”) + -mus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]asumus
- dwelling, habitation (house or place in which a person lives)
- Synonym: asunto
- (biblical) tabernacle (in 1933 translation of the Bible, the portable tent used by the Jewish before the construction of the temple of Jeusalem)
- Synonyms: tabernaakkeli, (1992 translation) telttamaja
Usage notes
[edit]asumus to refer to a place to live often carries the nuance that the place is primitive or temporary.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of asumus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | asumus | asumukset | |
genitive | asumuksen | asumusten asumuksien | |
partitive | asumusta | asumuksia | |
illative | asumukseen | asumuksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | asumus | asumukset | |
accusative | nom. | asumus | asumukset |
gen. | asumuksen | ||
genitive | asumuksen | asumusten asumuksien | |
partitive | asumusta | asumuksia | |
inessive | asumuksessa | asumuksissa | |
elative | asumuksesta | asumuksista | |
illative | asumukseen | asumuksiin | |
adessive | asumuksella | asumuksilla | |
ablative | asumukselta | asumuksilta | |
allative | asumukselle | asumuksille | |
essive | asumuksena | asumuksina | |
translative | asumukseksi | asumuksiksi | |
abessive | asumuksetta | asumuksitta | |
instructive | — | asumuksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “asumus”, 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 2023-07-02
Anagrams
[edit]Latvian
[edit]Noun
[edit]asumus m