nielu
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *neelu. Equivalent to niellä (“to swallow”) + -u.
Pronunciation
Noun
nielu
- (anatomy) pharynx (part of the throat)
- (fishing) funnel (in a fyke net)
- sink (the opposite of a source; that which absorbs something; target or destination)
- Antonym: lähde
- (botany) throat (orifice of a tubular organ)
- (electronics) drain (of a field effect transistor)
Declension
| Inflection of nielu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nielu | nielut | |
| genitive | nielun | nielujen | |
| partitive | nielua | nieluja | |
| illative | nieluun | nieluihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nielu | nielut | |
| accusative | nom. | nielu | nielut |
| gen. | nielun | ||
| genitive | nielun | nielujen | |
| partitive | nielua | nieluja | |
| inessive | nielussa | nieluissa | |
| elative | nielusta | nieluista | |
| illative | nieluun | nieluihin | |
| adessive | nielulla | nieluilla | |
| ablative | nielulta | nieluilta | |
| allative | nielulle | nieluille | |
| essive | nieluna | nieluina | |
| translative | nieluksi | nieluiksi | |
| abessive | nielutta | nieluitta | |
| instructive | — | nieluin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “nielu”, 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