naapuri
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowing from Old Swedish nabor, from Middle Low German nābûr, from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (“neighbour”). Compare Estonian naaber.
Pronunciation
Noun
naapuri
- neighbor
- In compounds, signifies "neighboring".
- ~maa = a neighboring country.
Declension
Inflection of naapuri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | naapuri | naapurit | |
genitive | naapurin | naapurien naapureiden naapureitten | |
partitive | naapuria | naapureita naapureja | |
illative | naapuriin | naapureihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | naapuri | naapurit | |
accusative | nom. | naapuri | naapurit |
gen. | naapurin | ||
genitive | naapurin | naapurien naapureiden naapureitten | |
partitive | naapuria | naapureita naapureja | |
inessive | naapurissa | naapureissa | |
elative | naapurista | naapureista | |
illative | naapuriin | naapureihin | |
adessive | naapurilla | naapureilla | |
ablative | naapurilta | naapureilta | |
allative | naapurille | naapureille | |
essive | naapurina | naapureina | |
translative | naapuriksi | naapureiksi | |
abessive | naapuritta | naapureitta | |
instructive | — | naapurein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Quotations
- 1964, Rein Marandi, Naapurin silmin: Suomen jatkosota 1941-1944 Ruotsin sanomalehtikeskustelussa
- 2001, Kirsti Ellilä, Emma ja naapurin Romeo →ISBN
Derived terms
Compounds
compounds
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑːpuri
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑːpuri/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish paperi-type nominals