villipeto
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]villi (“wild”) + peto (“predator, monster, beast”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]villipeto
- A predator, especially a large mammal that is potentially dangerous to man, such as bear, wolf or wolverine.
- (figuratively) wildcat (person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of villipeto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | villipeto | villipedot | |
genitive | villipedon | villipetojen | |
partitive | villipetoa | villipetoja | |
illative | villipetoon | villipetoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | villipeto | villipedot | |
accusative | nom. | villipeto | villipedot |
gen. | villipedon | ||
genitive | villipedon | villipetojen | |
partitive | villipetoa | villipetoja | |
inessive | villipedossa | villipedoissa | |
elative | villipedosta | villipedoista | |
illative | villipetoon | villipetoihin | |
adessive | villipedolla | villipedoilla | |
ablative | villipedolta | villipedoilta | |
allative | villipedolle | villipedoille | |
essive | villipetona | villipetoina | |
translative | villipedoksi | villipedoiksi | |
abessive | villipedotta | villipedoitta | |
instructive | — | villipedoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “villipeto”, 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 2023-07-04