selko
Appearance
See also: ŝelko
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]selko
- understanding (the state of having understood, being clear); mostly idiomatic and modifier usage, see "derived terms" -section below
Declension
[edit]Inflection of selko (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k-∅ gradation) | |||
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nominative | selko | selot | |
genitive | selon | selkojen | |
partitive | selkoa | selkoja | |
illative | selkoon | selkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | selko | selot | |
accusative | nom. | selko | selot |
gen. | selon | ||
genitive | selon | selkojen | |
partitive | selkoa | selkoja | |
inessive | selossa | seloissa | |
elative | selosta | seloista | |
illative | selkoon | selkoihin | |
adessive | selolla | seloilla | |
ablative | selolta | seloilta | |
allative | selolle | seloille | |
essive | selkona | selkoina | |
translative | seloksi | seloiksi | |
abessive | selotta | seloitta | |
instructive | — | seloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]- ottaa selko (to find out)
- saada selko (to understand)
- selkokieli (plain language)
- selkokirja (plain language book)
- selkokirjallisuus (plain language literature)
- selkolehti (plain language newspaper)
- selkopainos (plain language issue)
- selkoselällään, selkoselälleen
- selkoteksti (plain language text)
- selkouni (lucid dream)
- selonteko (report)
- selostaa (to cover, to explain)
- tehdä selkoa (to explain, to report)
- vaikeaselkoinen (abstruse)
Further reading
[edit]- “selko”, 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