kehto
Finnish
editEtymology
editUnknown; possibly from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*kehtō) (compare Swedish kätte (“pen, fold (for animals)”)), although LÄGLOS considers it uncertain whether such a word existed in Proto-Norse.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkehto
- cradle (rocking bed or cot for a baby)
- (figuratively) cradle (place of origin)
- sivistyksen kehto ― cradle of civilization
- (figuratively) cradle (infancy, or very early life)
- kehdosta hautaan ― from the cradle to the grave
- (botany) involucre (conspicuous bract)
- (rail transport) bolster (the central, load-bearing beam of a truck or bogie)
- Synonym: kehtopalkki
Declension
editInflection of kehto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | kehto | kehdot | |
genitive | kehdon | kehtojen | |
partitive | kehtoa | kehtoja | |
illative | kehtoon | kehtoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kehto | kehdot | |
accusative | nom. | kehto | kehdot |
gen. | kehdon | ||
genitive | kehdon | kehtojen | |
partitive | kehtoa | kehtoja | |
inessive | kehdossa | kehdoissa | |
elative | kehdosta | kehdoista | |
illative | kehtoon | kehtoihin | |
adessive | kehdolla | kehdoilla | |
ablative | kehdolta | kehdoilta | |
allative | kehdolle | kehdoille | |
essive | kehtona | kehtoina | |
translative | kehdoksi | kehdoiksi | |
abessive | kehdotta | kehdoitta | |
instructive | — | kehdoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
edit- “kehto”, 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 2023-07-02
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ehto
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- Finnish lemmas
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- fi:Botany
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