hepo
Finnish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
hepo
- (poetic) horse
- (colloquial) heroin
Usage notes
Rare in general usage, although common in sayings, idioms and in metaphorical use.
Declension
Inflection of hepo (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation) | |||
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nominative | hepo | hevot | |
genitive | hevon | hepojen | |
partitive | hepoa | hepoja | |
illative | hepoon | hepoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hepo | hevot | |
accusative | nom. | hepo | hevot |
gen. | hevon | ||
genitive | hevon | hepojen | |
partitive | hepoa | hepoja | |
inessive | hevossa | hevoissa | |
elative | hevosta | hevoista | |
illative | hepoon | hepoihin | |
adessive | hevolla | hevoilla | |
ablative | hevolta | hevoilta | |
allative | hevolle | hevoille | |
essive | hepona | hepoina | |
translative | hevoksi | hevoiksi | |
abessive | hevotta | hevoitta | |
instructive | — | hevoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
- (nouns): hevonen, virtahepo, rautahepo, hepokatti, hepoasteet
- (verbs): hevostella
- (vulgarities): hevonpaska, hevonvittu
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Categories:
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/epo
- Rhymes:Finnish/epo/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Finnish poetic terms
- Finnish colloquialisms
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- fi:Horses