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)