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Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin lāna.
Noun
luona f
- 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
Postposition
luona (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)
- (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.
- (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).
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