avotavu
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]avo- + tavu. First attested in 1930.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɑʋoˌtɑʋu/, [ˈɑ̝ʋo̞ˌt̪ɑ̝ʋu]
- Rhymes: -ɑʋu
- Syllabification(key): a‧vo‧ta‧vu
- Hyphenation(key): avo‧tavu
Noun
[edit]avotavu
- (linguistics) open syllable, a syllable that ends in a vowel
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of avotavu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | avotavu | avotavut | |
| genitive | avotavun | avotavujen | |
| partitive | avotavua | avotavuja | |
| illative | avotavuun | avotavuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | avotavu | avotavut | |
| accusative | nom. | avotavu | avotavut |
| gen. | avotavun | ||
| genitive | avotavun | avotavujen | |
| partitive | avotavua | avotavuja | |
| inessive | avotavussa | avotavuissa | |
| elative | avotavusta | avotavuista | |
| illative | avotavuun | avotavuihin | |
| adessive | avotavulla | avotavuilla | |
| ablative | avotavulta | avotavuilta | |
| allative | avotavulle | avotavuille | |
| essive | avotavuna | avotavuina | |
| translative | avotavuksi | avotavuiksi | |
| abessive | avotavutta | avotavuitta | |
| instructive | — | avotavuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “avotavu”, 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 2 July 2023