ruokahalu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ruoka (“food”) + halu (“desire”). Coined by Johan Henrik Keckman in 1837 for the Finnish translation of Terveyden Opetus-Kirja yhteiselle kansalle by Kaarlo Nordblad.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruokahalu
- appetite (desire of or relish for food)
- Hyvää ruokahalua!
- Bon appétit!
Declension
[edit]Inflection of ruokahalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | ruokahalu | ruokahalut | |
genitive | ruokahalun | ruokahalujen | |
partitive | ruokahalua | ruokahaluja | |
illative | ruokahaluun | ruokahaluihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ruokahalu | ruokahalut | |
accusative | nom. | ruokahalu | ruokahalut |
gen. | ruokahalun | ||
genitive | ruokahalun | ruokahalujen | |
partitive | ruokahalua | ruokahaluja | |
inessive | ruokahalussa | ruokahaluissa | |
elative | ruokahalusta | ruokahaluista | |
illative | ruokahaluun | ruokahaluihin | |
adessive | ruokahalulla | ruokahaluilla | |
ablative | ruokahalulta | ruokahaluilta | |
allative | ruokahalulle | ruokahaluille | |
essive | ruokahaluna | ruokahaluina | |
translative | ruokahaluksi | ruokahaluiksi | |
abessive | ruokahalutta | ruokahaluitta | |
instructive | — | ruokahaluin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ruokahalu”, 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