Coined by Finnish linguist Hannes Teppo in 1945 in cooperation with Lääketieteen sanastolautakunta (Medical Terminology Board), as a word specifically for an alive body, as the term ruumis could (and still can) refer to an alive or a dead human body. Morphologically, kehä + -o, and inspired by Estonian keha.
keho
| Inflection of keho (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | keho | kehot | |
| genitive | kehon | kehojen | |
| partitive | kehoa | kehoja | |
| illative | kehoon | kehoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | keho | kehot | |
| accusative | nom. | keho | kehot |
| gen. | kehon | ||
| genitive | kehon | kehojen | |
| partitive | kehoa | kehoja | |
| inessive | kehossa | kehoissa | |
| elative | kehosta | kehoista | |
| illative | kehoon | kehoihin | |
| adessive | keholla | kehoilla | |
| ablative | keholta | kehoilta | |
| allative | keholle | kehoille | |
| essive | kehona | kehoina | |
| translative | kehoksi | kehoiksi | |
| abessive | kehotta | kehoitta | |
| instructive | — | kehoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||