neiu
Appearance
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *näitoi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]neiu (genitive neiu, partitive neiut)
- a young unmarried woman, a teenager, or a slightly older girl
- a young female representative of a particular field of work
- sekretärineiu
- a (young female) secretary
- müüjaneiu
- saleswoman
- sekretärineiu
- (colloquial) addressing a young female
- neiu, palun öelge, millal läheb Tartusse viimane buss?
- girl, please tell me, when will the last bus go to Tartu?
- neiu, palun öelge, millal läheb Tartusse viimane buss?
Declension
[edit]Declension of neiu (type pere)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | neiu | neiud |
genitive | neiu | neiude |
partitive | neiut | neiusid |
illative | neiusse | neiudesse |
inessive | neius | neiudes |
elative | neiust | neiudest |
allative | neiule | neiudele |
adessive | neiul | neiudel |
ablative | neiult | neiudelt |
translative | neiuks | neiudeks |
terminative | neiuni | neiudeni |
essive | neiuna | neiudena |
abessive | neiuta | neiudeta |
comitative | neiuga | neiudega |