meteli
See also: метели
Finnish
Etymology
Unknown, possibly from the same onomatopoeic root as in mekkala and melu. Has also been proposed to be a borrowing from Russian метель (metelʹ, “blizzard, snowstorm”), but the semantic gap makes this unlikely.
Pronunciation
Noun
meteli
- noise, racket
- (Finnic mythology) Synonym of jatuli (“a sort of giant”).
- (obsolete) a crime of intentionally endangering public safety or making a threat of violence against a public officer
Declension
Inflection of meteli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | meteli | metelit | |
genitive | metelin | metelien meteleiden meteleitten | |
partitive | meteliä | meteleitä metelejä | |
illative | meteliin | meteleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | meteli | metelit | |
accusative | nom. | meteli | metelit |
gen. | metelin | ||
genitive | metelin | metelien meteleiden meteleitten | |
partitive | meteliä | meteleitä metelejä | |
inessive | metelissä | meteleissä | |
elative | metelistä | meteleistä | |
illative | meteliin | meteleihin | |
adessive | metelillä | meteleillä | |
ablative | meteliltä | meteleiltä | |
allative | metelille | meteleille | |
essive | metelinä | meteleinä | |
translative | meteliksi | meteleiksi | |
abessive | metelittä | meteleittä | |
instructive | — | metelein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |