laavu
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a Sami language, compare Northern Sami lávvu, ultimately from Proto-Samic *lāvō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]laavu
- lean-to (type of shelter for hikers, open on one side; now usually refers to a permanent structure, originally a temporary shelter, see havulaavu)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of laavu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | laavu | laavut | |
genitive | laavun | laavujen | |
partitive | laavua | laavuja | |
illative | laavuun | laavuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | laavu | laavut | |
accusative | nom. | laavu | laavut |
gen. | laavun | ||
genitive | laavun | laavujen | |
partitive | laavua | laavuja | |
inessive | laavussa | laavuissa | |
elative | laavusta | laavuista | |
illative | laavuun | laavuihin | |
adessive | laavulla | laavuilla | |
ablative | laavulta | laavuilta | |
allative | laavulle | laavuille | |
essive | laavuna | laavuina | |
translative | laavuksi | laavuiksi | |
abessive | laavutta | laavuitta | |
instructive | — | laavuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “laavu”, 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