loitto

From Proto-Finnic *loitto-, whence also Karelian loittoni, loittoine, Ludian loitton, Veps loitos. Possibly related to loiva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈloi̯tːo/,
• Rhymes: -oitːo
• Hyphenation^(key): loit‧to

loitto (comparative loitompi, no superlative) (archaic)

1. distant (located far away)
   • 1915, Valter juva (tr.), “Jumalien tanhu (title of a poem)”, in Valikoima runoja (A collection of poems), translation of Gudarne dansa (Dance of the gods) by Gustaf Fröding:

     Noin jumalat ylhät, riemuin ja soitoin; ne arvoisin elein ja katsehin loitoin; kävi juhlaan, …

     Thus the noble gods with joy and music; with dignified gestures and distant gazes; began the party, …

• Unlike positive, the comparative forms are used even in contemporary Finnish as adjectives.
• Some comparative forms are used also as adverbs: loitommaksi, loitommalla, loitommalle, loitommalta, loitommas, loitompaa, loitompana.
• The word loitto is used as modifier in some compound terms in the field of photography.

Currently only the adessive, ablative and allative case forms are used as adverbs; any other cases, including the nominative, are archaic.

• etäinen
• kaukainen

loitto

1. (letterpress typography) base (large spacer)
2. (photography) Ellipsis of loittorengas.

• sokeisto