luona

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

luona f

1. wool

Finnish

Etymology

luo +‎ -na. The word uses the archaic locative case, which turned into the essive case. The locative is only in some fossilized expressions, such as this one and kotona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluo̯nɑ/, [ˈluo̞̯nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -uonɑ
• Syllabification^(key): luo‧na

Postposition

luona (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)

1. (static) at ('s place), chez

   Synonym: tykönä

   Yövyin Pekan luona.

   I spent the night at Pekka's (place).

   Pekka yöpyi minun luonani.

   Pekka spent the night at my place.

2. (static) at, by, near, close to; in front of, outside

   Synonym: tykönä

   Tapasimme aseman luona.

   We bumped into each other by/in front of/outside the station.

Usage notes

If the headword is a personal pronoun, luona takes a possessive suffix, and if it is a first-person or second-person pronoun, it can then be dropped (so that only the possessive suffix marks the person).

Inflection

Declension of luo {{#ifeq:{{{adv}}}|no|| noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative – – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive luota – sublative – – accusative – – lative luo – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative – – essive luona – situative – – translative luokse – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

Personal/possessive forms of luona
no possessor	luona
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	luonani	luonamme
2nd person	luonasi	luonanne
3rd person	luonaan luonansa

Further reading

• “luona”, 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 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• lauon, louna