palaveri

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Finnish

Etymology

From English palaver, from Portuguese palavra, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑʋeri/,
  • Rhymes: -eri
  • Hyphenation(key): pa‧la‧ve‧ri

Noun

palaveri

  1. meeting; especially an informal one, but often one intended for serious discussion

Declension

Inflection of palaveri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative palaveri palaverit
genitive palaverin palaverien
partitive palaveria palavereja
illative palaveriin palavereihin
singular plural
nominative palaveri palaverit
accusative nom. palaveri palaverit
gen. palaverin
genitive palaverin palaverien
partitive palaveria palavereja
inessive palaverissa palavereissa
elative palaverista palavereista
illative palaveriin palavereihin
adessive palaverilla palavereilla
ablative palaverilta palavereilta
allative palaverille palavereille
essive palaverina palavereina
translative palaveriksi palavereiksi
abessive palaveritta palavereitta
instructive palaverein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of palaveri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative palaverini palaverini
accusative nom. palaverini palaverini
gen. palaverini
genitive palaverini palaverieni
partitive palaveriani palaverejani
inessive palaverissani palavereissani
elative palaveristani palavereistani
illative palaveriini palavereihini
adessive palaverillani palavereillani
ablative palaveriltani palavereiltani
allative palaverilleni palavereilleni
essive palaverinani palavereinani
translative palaverikseni palavereikseni
abessive palaverittani palavereittani
instructive
comitative palavereineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative palaverisi palaverisi
accusative nom. palaverisi palaverisi
gen. palaverisi
genitive palaverisi palaveriesi
partitive palaveriasi palaverejasi
inessive palaverissasi palavereissasi
elative palaveristasi palavereistasi
illative palaveriisi palavereihisi
adessive palaverillasi palavereillasi
ablative palaveriltasi palavereiltasi
allative palaverillesi palavereillesi
essive palaverinasi palavereinasi
translative palaveriksesi palavereiksesi
abessive palaverittasi palavereittasi
instructive
comitative palavereinesi

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Derived terms

compounds

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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