Unknown, perhaps originally from a root meaning "long and slender" (compare dialectal hoilakka (“tall and slender”))
hoilo
| Inflection of hoilo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hoilo | hoilot | |
| genitive | hoilon | hoilojen | |
| partitive | hoiloa | hoiloja | |
| illative | hoiloon | hoiloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hoilo | hoilot | |
| accusative | nom. | hoilo | hoilot |
| gen. | hoilon | ||
| genitive | hoilon | hoilojen | |
| partitive | hoiloa | hoiloja | |
| inessive | hoilossa | hoiloissa | |
| elative | hoilosta | hoiloista | |
| illative | hoiloon | hoiloihin | |
| adessive | hoilolla | hoiloilla | |
| ablative | hoilolta | hoiloilta | |
| allative | hoilolle | hoiloille | |
| essive | hoilona | hoiloina | |
| translative | hoiloksi | hoiloiksi | |
| abessive | hoilotta | hoiloitta | |
| instructive | — | hoiloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||