edunvalvoja
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]edun (“of interest”) + valvoja (“watcher, caretaker”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈedunˌʋɑlʋojɑ/, [ˈe̞dunˌʋɑ̝lʋo̞jɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑlʋojɑ
- Syllabification(key): e‧dun‧val‧vo‧ja
Noun
[edit]edunvalvoja
- (law) legal guardian (person appointed to care for the interests of a minor or an incompetent person); conservator
- guardian of interests (one who guards, watches over, or protects someone's interests)
- Ammattiyhdistys on palkansaajien edunvalvoja.
- A trade union is the guardian of wage-earners' interests.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of edunvalvoja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | edunvalvoja | edunvalvojat | ||
genitive | edunvalvojan | edunvalvojien | ||
partitive | edunvalvojaa | edunvalvojia | ||
illative | edunvalvojaan | edunvalvojiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | edunvalvoja | edunvalvojat | ||
accusative | nom. | edunvalvoja | edunvalvojat | |
gen. | edunvalvojan | |||
genitive | edunvalvojan | edunvalvojien edunvalvojain rare | ||
partitive | edunvalvojaa | edunvalvojia | ||
inessive | edunvalvojassa | edunvalvojissa | ||
elative | edunvalvojasta | edunvalvojista | ||
illative | edunvalvojaan | edunvalvojiin | ||
adessive | edunvalvojalla | edunvalvojilla | ||
ablative | edunvalvojalta | edunvalvojilta | ||
allative | edunvalvojalle | edunvalvojille | ||
essive | edunvalvojana | edunvalvojina | ||
translative | edunvalvojaksi | edunvalvojiksi | ||
abessive | edunvalvojatta | edunvalvojitta | ||
instructive | — | edunvalvojin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (trustee): uskottu mies
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “edunvalvoja”, 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 2023-07-02