esiliina
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]esiliina
- apron
- chaperone, someone who watches over an unmarried young couple to ensure the propriety of their meetings.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of esiliina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | esiliina | esiliinat | |
genitive | esiliinan | esiliinojen | |
partitive | esiliinaa | esiliinoja | |
illative | esiliinaan | esiliinoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | esiliina | esiliinat | |
accusative | nom. | esiliina | esiliinat |
gen. | esiliinan | ||
genitive | esiliinan | esiliinojen esiliinain rare | |
partitive | esiliinaa | esiliinoja | |
inessive | esiliinassa | esiliinoissa | |
elative | esiliinasta | esiliinoista | |
illative | esiliinaan | esiliinoihin | |
adessive | esiliinalla | esiliinoilla | |
ablative | esiliinalta | esiliinoilta | |
allative | esiliinalle | esiliinoille | |
essive | esiliinana | esiliinoina | |
translative | esiliinaksi | esiliinoiksi | |
abessive | esiliinatta | esiliinoitta | |
instructive | — | esiliinoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (colloquial) essu
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “esiliina”, 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