revontulet
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Revontulet.
Finnish
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Etymology
revon (“fox's”) + tulet (“fires”); from the archaic belief that the northern lights are a reflection of the fur of a "firefox"; see tulikettu. Cognate with Ingrian revontulet, Karelian revontulet, rebontulet, rebointuled, Livvi rebointuli and Ludian revontuled.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈreʋonˌtulet/,
- Rhymes: -ulet
- Syllabification(key): re‧von‧tu‧let
- Hyphenation(key): revon‧tulet
Noun
revontulet pl
- aurora (atmospheric phenomenon around magnetic poles of the Earth, created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere)
- northern lights, aurora borealis (this phenomenon on the northern hemisphere)
- southern lights, aurora australis (this phenomenon on the southern hemisphere)
Declension
| Inflection of revontulet (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | — | revontulet | |
| genitive | — | revontulien revontulten | |
| partitive | — | revontulia | |
| illative | — | revontuliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | — | revontulet | |
| accusative | nom. | — | revontulet |
| gen. | — | ||
| genitive | — | revontulien revontulten | |
| partitive | — | revontulia | |
| inessive | — | revontulissa | |
| elative | — | revontulista | |
| illative | — | revontuliin | |
| adessive | — | revontulilla | |
| ablative | — | revontulilta | |
| allative | — | revontulille | |
| essive | — | revontulina | |
| translative | — | revontuliksi | |
| abessive | — | revontulitta | |
| instructive | — | revontulin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “revontulet”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (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
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic , equivalent to revon (“fox's”) + tulet (“fires”); from a traditional belief that northern lights are a reflection of a firefox's fur. Cognates include Finnish revontulet and Karelian revontulet.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈreʋonˌtulet/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈreʋoi̯nˌtulet/,
- Rhymes: -ulet
- Hyphenation: re‧von‧tu‧let
Noun
revontulet
Declension
| Declension of revontulet (type 5/keeli, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | — | revontulet |
| genitive | — | revontulliin, revontuliloin |
| partitive | — | revontullia, revontuliloja |
| illative | — | revontullii, revontuliloihe |
| inessive | — | revontulis, revontulilois |
| elative | — | revontulist, revontuliloist |
| allative | — | revontulille, revontuliloille |
| adessive | — | revontulil, revontuliloil |
| ablative | — | revontulilt, revontuliloilt |
| translative | — | revontuliks, revontuliloiks |
| essive | — | revontulinna, revontuliloinna, revontulliin, revontuliloin |
| exessive1) | — | revontulint, revontuliloint |
| 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. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 475