tornihuhu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From torni (“tower”) + huhu (“rumour”). The Finnish Defence Forces often use a stylised tower as a symbol.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tornihuhu
- a rumor or story circulating around the Finnish Defence Forces
- Synonym: tornari
Declension
[edit]Inflection of tornihuhu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tornihuhu | tornihuhut | ||
genitive | tornihuhun | tornihuhujen | ||
partitive | tornihuhua | tornihuhuja | ||
illative | tornihuhuun | tornihuhuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tornihuhu | tornihuhut | ||
accusative | nom. | tornihuhu | tornihuhut | |
gen. | tornihuhun | |||
genitive | tornihuhun | tornihuhujen | ||
partitive | tornihuhua | tornihuhuja | ||
inessive | tornihuhussa | tornihuhuissa | ||
elative | tornihuhusta | tornihuhuista | ||
illative | tornihuhuun | tornihuhuihin | ||
adessive | tornihuhulla | tornihuhuilla | ||
ablative | tornihuhulta | tornihuhuilta | ||
allative | tornihuhulle | tornihuhuille | ||
essive | tornihuhuna | tornihuhuina | ||
translative | tornihuhuksi | tornihuhuiksi | ||
abessive | tornihuhutta | tornihuhuitta | ||
instructive | — | tornihuhuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tornihuhu”, 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