postilokero
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]posti (“mail”) + lokero (“compartment, box, pigeonhole”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]postilokero
Usage notes
[edit]- post box and mailbox are "false friends", being postilaatikko in Finnish
Declension
[edit]Inflection of postilokero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | postilokero | postilokerot | |
genitive | postilokeron | postilokerojen postilokeroiden postilokeroitten | |
partitive | postilokeroa | postilokeroja postilokeroita | |
illative | postilokeroon | postilokeroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | postilokero | postilokerot | |
accusative | nom. | postilokero | postilokerot |
gen. | postilokeron | ||
genitive | postilokeron | postilokerojen postilokeroiden postilokeroitten | |
partitive | postilokeroa | postilokeroja postilokeroita | |
inessive | postilokerossa | postilokeroissa | |
elative | postilokerosta | postilokeroista | |
illative | postilokeroon | postilokeroihin | |
adessive | postilokerolla | postilokeroilla | |
ablative | postilokerolta | postilokeroilta | |
allative | postilokerolle | postilokeroille | |
essive | postilokerona | postilokeroina | |
translative | postilokeroksi | postilokeroiksi | |
abessive | postilokerotta | postilokeroitta | |
instructive | — | postilokeroin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “postilokero”, 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