nousu
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *nousu. Equivalent to nousta (“to rise”) + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nousu
- rise, ascent (moving upwards)
- Synonym: nouseminen
- Antonym: lasku
- Synonym of kasvu (“growth, increase, rise”)
- getting on or off of a vehicle (distinguished by the case of the vehicle word)
- (mechanics) thread pitch, pitch (the distance from the crest of one thread of a screw to the next)
- Synonym: kierteen nousu
- (mechanics) thread pitch, lead (the distance along a screw's axis that is covered by one 360° rotation of the screw)
- Synonym: ruuvin nousu
- (sports) comeback (overcoming or attempting to overcome a substantial disadvantage)
- (narcotics) onset
- (aviation) climb, ascent
- (informal) takeoff of an airplane or rocket
- Synonyms: lentoonlähtö, lähtö
- (astronomy) rising (above the horizon)
- Antonym: lasku
- kuun nousu ― rising of the moon
- (sociology, sosiaalinen + ~) upward mobility (advancement to better-paid or better-regarded social strata)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of nousu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nousu | nousut | |
genitive | nousun | nousujen | |
partitive | nousua | nousuja | |
illative | nousuun | nousuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nousu | nousut | |
accusative | nom. | nousu | nousut |
gen. | nousun | ||
genitive | nousun | nousujen | |
partitive | nousua | nousuja | |
inessive | nousussa | nousuissa | |
elative | noususta | nousuista | |
illative | nousuun | nousuihin | |
adessive | nousulla | nousuilla | |
ablative | nousulta | nousuilta | |
allative | nousulle | nousuille | |
essive | nousuna | nousuina | |
translative | nousuksi | nousuiksi | |
abessive | nousutta | nousuitta | |
instructive | — | nousuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- alkunousu
- arvonnousu
- arvonnousuvero
- auringonnousu
- haaranousu
- hinnannousu
- ilmaannousu
- istumaannousu
- jalannousu
- jyrkkänousuinen
- kansannousu
- kuunnousu
- laivaannousu
- loivanousuinen
- loppunousu
- lämmönnousu
- maannousu
- maihinnousu
- mäennousu
- nousuaika
- nousuhumala
- nousujohto
- nousukala
- nousukausi
- nousukiito
- nousukulma
- nousukunto
- nousumerkki
- nousunopeus
- nousuohjaus
- nousupaine
- noususuhdanne
- noususuunta
- nousutavu
- nousutie
- nousutuki
- nousutuuli
- nousuvesi
- nousuvirtaus
- palkannousu
- valtaannousu
- varpaillenousu
- ylösnousu
Further reading
[edit]- “nousu”, 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
Categories:
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms suffixed with -u
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ousu
- Rhymes:Finnish/ousu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Mechanics
- fi:Sports
- fi:Aviation
- Finnish informal terms
- fi:Astronomy
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- fi:Sociology
- Finnish valo-type nominals