portto
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a North Germanic language, compare Old Norse portkona (“harlot”) and Old English portcwene.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]portto (derogatory)
- A harlot, whore, (female) prostitute.
Usage notes
[edit]Almost never used when referring a male person, in which case it is extremely obscene.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of portto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | portto | portot | |
genitive | porton | porttojen | |
partitive | porttoa | porttoja | |
illative | porttoon | porttoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | portto | portot | |
accusative | nom. | portto | portot |
gen. | porton | ||
genitive | porton | porttojen | |
partitive | porttoa | porttoja | |
inessive | portossa | portoissa | |
elative | portosta | portoista | |
illative | porttoon | porttoihin | |
adessive | portolla | portoilla | |
ablative | portolta | portoilta | |
allative | portolle | portoille | |
essive | porttona | porttoina | |
translative | portoksi | portoiksi | |
abessive | portotta | portoitta | |
instructive | — | portoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “portto”, 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