Shortened from purjosipuli (“leek”), a partial calque of Swedish purjolök (lök was translated as sipuli).
purjo
Inflection of purjo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | purjo | purjot | |
genitive | purjon | purjojen | |
partitive | purjoa | purjoja | |
illative | purjoon | purjoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | purjo | purjot | |
accusative | nom. | purjo | purjot |
gen. | purjon | ||
genitive | purjon | purjojen | |
partitive | purjoa | purjoja | |
inessive | purjossa | purjoissa | |
elative | purjosta | purjoista | |
illative | purjoon | purjoihin | |
adessive | purjolla | purjoilla | |
ablative | purjolta | purjoilta | |
allative | purjolle | purjoille | |
essive | purjona | purjoina | |
translative | purjoksi | purjoiksi | |
abessive | purjotta | purjoitta | |
instructive | — | purjoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Borrowed from Latin porrum. Attested since the 15th century.
purjo c
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | purjo | purjos |
definite | purjon | purjons | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |