luuva
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from dialectal Swedish love; compare standard Swedish loge (“barn for threshing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
luuva (historical, dialectal, Southwest Finnish, Satakunta, Tavastia, Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, South Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Värmland)
Usage notes
| Dialectal distribution of luuva | |
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The classification of and data for regional dialects is based on pre-1950s data. Since the 1950s, the dialects have become increasingly mixed, levelled and influenced by Standard Finnish. Besides Standard Finnish, a relatively uniform and originally urban 'colloquial Finnish' is beginning to emerge in their place, especially in the cities. Source: Suomen murteiden sanakirja by Kotimaisten kielten keskus (CC BY 4.0); see the information for the background image for its sources and licensing | |
Declension
| Inflection of luuva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | luuva | luuvat | |
| genitive | luuvan | luuvien | |
| partitive | luuvaa | luuvia | |
| illative | luuvaan | luuviin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | luuva | luuvat | |
| accusative | nom. | luuva | luuvat |
| gen. | luuvan | ||
| genitive | luuvan | luuvien luuvain rare | |
| partitive | luuvaa | luuvia | |
| inessive | luuvassa | luuvissa | |
| elative | luuvasta | luuvista | |
| illative | luuvaan | luuviin | |
| adessive | luuvalla | luuvilla | |
| ablative | luuvalta | luuvilta | |
| allative | luuvalle | luuville | |
| essive | luuvana | luuvina | |
| translative | luuvaksi | luuviksi | |
| abessive | luuvatta | luuvitta | |
| instructive | — | luuvin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds