otsa
Finnish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
otsa
- (anatomy) forehead
- audacity, nerve (in the expression olla otsaa ("to have the nerve"))
- Hänellä oli otsaa pyytää lainaa, vaikka ei ollut maksanut edellisestä edes korkoja.
- He had the nerve to ask for a new loan although he had not even paid the interest on the old one.
Declension
Inflection of otsa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | otsa | otsat | |
genitive | otsan | otsien | |
partitive | otsaa | otsia | |
illative | otsaan | otsiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | otsa | otsat | |
accusative | nom. | otsa | otsat |
gen. | otsan | ||
genitive | otsan | otsien otsain rare | |
partitive | otsaa | otsia | |
inessive | otsassa | otsissa | |
elative | otsasta | otsista | |
illative | otsaan | otsiin | |
adessive | otsalla | otsilla | |
ablative | otsalta | otsilta | |
allative | otsalle | otsille | |
essive | otsana | otsina | |
translative | otsaksi | otsiksi | |
abessive | otsatta | otsitta | |
instructive | — | otsin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
Compounds
References
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi. (pp. 312–313)