keiju
Finnish
Etymology
Probably from keijua, possibly originally as a shortening of keijukainen (rather than the other way around).
Pronunciation
Noun
keiju
- fairy (mythical being)
- storm petrel (any seabird in the family Oceanitidae or Hydrobatidae, formerly considered as one)
- (zoology) southern storm petrel (bird of the family Oceanitidae)
Declension
Inflection of keiju (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | keiju | keijut | |
genitive | keijun | keijujen | |
partitive | keijua | keijuja | |
illative | keijuun | keijuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | keiju | keijut | |
accusative | nom. | keiju | keijut |
gen. | keijun | ||
genitive | keijun | keijujen | |
partitive | keijua | keijuja | |
inessive | keijussa | keijuissa | |
elative | keijusta | keijuista | |
illative | keijuun | keijuihin | |
adessive | keijulla | keijuilla | |
ablative | keijulta | keijuilta | |
allative | keijulle | keijuille | |
essive | keijuna | keijuina | |
translative | keijuksi | keijuiksi | |
abessive | keijutta | keijuitta | |
instructive | — | keijuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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See also
Tetum
Etymology
From Portuguese queijo, from Old Galician-Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”).
Noun
keiju
- cheese (dairy product)
Categories:
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eiju
- Rhymes:Finnish/eiju/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Mythological creatures
- fi:Zoology
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Tetum terms borrowed from Portuguese
- Tetum terms derived from Portuguese
- Tetum terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Tetum terms derived from Latin
- Tetum terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Tetum lemmas
- Tetum nouns
- Tetum entries with topic categories using raw markup
- tet:Cheeses
- tet:Foods