Based on dialectal variants saijo, saajio, saario, saatio, a common proto-form *saadio (*saaẟio) can be reconstructed.[1] Possibly an obscured derivative saari (“island”) + -io, in which the -r-, which is a common Western Finnish dialectal development from *-d-, has been interpreted as such, resulting in the other variants; this would imply that the form with -r- is primary.
saajo (dialectal)
Inflection of saajo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | saajo | saajot | |
genitive | saajon | saajojen | |
partitive | saajoa | saajoja | |
illative | saajoon | saajoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | saajo | saajot | |
accusative | nom. | saajo | saajot |
gen. | saajon | ||
genitive | saajon | saajojen | |
partitive | saajoa | saajoja | |
inessive | saajossa | saajoissa | |
elative | saajosta | saajoista | |
illative | saajoon | saajoihin | |
adessive | saajolla | saajoilla | |
ablative | saajolta | saajoilta | |
allative | saajolle | saajoille | |
essive | saajona | saajoina | |
translative | saajoksi | saajoiksi | |
abessive | saajotta | saajoitta | |
instructive | — | saajoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |