metso
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Metso (1).
See also: Metso
Finnish
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meccoi. Cognates include Ingrian metso, Livvi mečoi, Veps mecoi, Votic mettso, Ludian metšoi, Karelian meččo and possibly also Estonian metsis. Superficially metsä + -o, but probably rather a folk-etymological adaptation of *mët'os.
Pronunciation
Noun
metso
- wood grouse, capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus (large, black bird of grouse family)
Declension
| Inflection of metso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | metso | metsot | |
| genitive | metson | metsojen | |
| partitive | metsoa | metsoja | |
| illative | metsoon | metsoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | metso | metsot | |
| accusative | nom. | metso | metsot |
| gen. | metson | ||
| genitive | metson | metsojen | |
| partitive | metsoa | metsoja | |
| inessive | metsossa | metsoissa | |
| elative | metsosta | metsoista | |
| illative | metsoon | metsoihin | |
| adessive | metsolla | metsoilla | |
| ablative | metsolta | metsoilta | |
| allative | metsolle | metsoille | |
| essive | metsona | metsoina | |
| translative | metsoksi | metsoiksi | |
| abessive | metsotta | metsoitta | |
| instructive | — | metsoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Hyponyms
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “metso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
mḕtsō m (possessed form mḕtson)
References
- Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 155.
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *meccoi, equivalent to metsä (“forest”) + -o. Cognates include Finnish metso and Veps mecoi.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmet͡so/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmet͡soi̯/,
- Rhymes: -et͡so, -et͡soi̯
- Hyphenation: met‧so
Noun
metso
- capercaillie
- (folk poetic) Synonym of metsä
Declension
| Declension of metso (type 4/koivu, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | metso | metsot |
| genitive | metson | metsoin, metsoloin |
| partitive | metsoa | metsoja, metsoloja |
| illative | metsoo | metsoi, metsoloihe |
| inessive | metsoos | metsois, metsolois |
| elative | metsost | metsoist, metsoloist |
| allative | metsolle | metsoille, metsoloille |
| adessive | metsool | metsoil, metsoloil |
| ablative | metsolt | metsoilt, metsoloilt |
| translative | metsoks | metsoiks, metsoloiks |
| essive | metsonna, metsoon | metsoinna, metsoloinna, metsoin, metsoloin |
| exessive1) | metsont | metsoint, metsoloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
- (diminutive) metsoin
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “мецца”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 681
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 307