kottero
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally "tool or building in poor shape". Possibly related to a family of dialectal words referring to holes, pockets or hollow things, which is kotti + -ero. Both meanings are also found in dialectal kottelo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kottero
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kottero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kottero | kotterot | |
genitive | kotteron | kotterojen kotteroiden kotteroitten | |
partitive | kotteroa | kotteroja kotteroita | |
illative | kotteroon | kotteroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kottero | kotterot | |
accusative | nom. | kottero | kotterot |
gen. | kotteron | ||
genitive | kotteron | kotterojen kotteroiden kotteroitten | |
partitive | kotteroa | kotteroja kotteroita | |
inessive | kotterossa | kotteroissa | |
elative | kotterosta | kotteroista | |
illative | kotteroon | kotteroihin | |
adessive | kotterolla | kotteroilla | |
ablative | kotterolta | kotteroilta | |
allative | kotterolle | kotteroille | |
essive | kotterona | kotteroina | |
translative | kotteroksi | kotteroiksi | |
abessive | kotterotta | kotteroitta | |
instructive | — | kotteroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kottero”, 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