luona

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

luona f

  1. 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)

  1. (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.
  2. (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).

Inflection

Personal/possessive forms of luona
no possessor luona
possessor singular plural
1st person luonani luonamme
2nd person luonasi luonanne
3rd person luonaan
luonansa

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