virtahepo
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]virta (“river”) + hepo (“horse”), calque of Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”), "riverine horse".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]virtahepo
- common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
- any member of the family Hippopotamidae
- (biblical, 1992 translation) behemoth (the mythical monster of Job 40)
- Synonym: (1938 translation) behemot
Declension
[edit]Inflection of virtahepo (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation) | |||
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nominative | virtahepo | virtahevot | |
genitive | virtahevon | virtahepojen | |
partitive | virtahepoa | virtahepoja | |
illative | virtahepoon | virtahepoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | virtahepo | virtahevot | |
accusative | nom. | virtahepo | virtahevot |
gen. | virtahevon | ||
genitive | virtahevon | virtahepojen | |
partitive | virtahepoa | virtahepoja | |
inessive | virtahevossa | virtahevoissa | |
elative | virtahevosta | virtahevoista | |
illative | virtahepoon | virtahepoihin | |
adessive | virtahevolla | virtahevoilla | |
ablative | virtahevolta | virtahevoilta | |
allative | virtahevolle | virtahevoille | |
essive | virtahepona | virtahepoina | |
translative | virtahevoksi | virtahevoiksi | |
abessive | virtahevotta | virtahevoitta | |
instructive | — | virtahevoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- “virtahepo”, 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