vaimo
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *vaimo (“spirit, soul”), from Proto-Uralic *wajŋe. Cognates include Estonian vaim (“spirit”), Moksha вайме (vajme) and Erzya ойме (ojme, “spirit, soul”). The semantic development to 'wife' is also shared by Karelian vaimo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vaimo
- wife
- Annukka, tänä vuonna tulet vaimokseni!
- Annukka, this year you will become my wife!
- (archaic) woman, especially an elderly one
Declension[edit]
Inflection of vaimo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | vaimo | vaimot | ||
genitive | vaimon | vaimojen | ||
partitive | vaimoa | vaimoja | ||
illative | vaimoon | vaimoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | vaimo | vaimot | ||
accusative | nom. | vaimo | vaimot | |
gen. | vaimon | |||
genitive | vaimon | vaimojen | ||
partitive | vaimoa | vaimoja | ||
inessive | vaimossa | vaimoissa | ||
elative | vaimosta | vaimoista | ||
illative | vaimoon | vaimoihin | ||
adessive | vaimolla | vaimoilla | ||
ablative | vaimolta | vaimoilta | ||
allative | vaimolle | vaimoille | ||
essive | vaimona | vaimoina | ||
translative | vaimoksi | vaimoiksi | ||
instructive | — | vaimoin | ||
abessive | vaimotta | vaimoitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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