sotu

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See also: SOTU and sótu

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of sosiaaliturvatunnus (social security number).

Pronunciation

Noun

sotu

  1. (informal) social security number

Usage notes

Although this term still widely used in Finland, the more correct term is henkilötunnus, or hetu.

Declension

Inflection of sotu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative sotu sotut
genitive sotun sotujen
partitive sotua sotuja
illative sotuun sotuihin
singular plural
nominative sotu sotut
accusative nom. sotu sotut
gen. sotun
genitive sotun sotujen
partitive sotua sotuja
inessive sotussa sotuissa
elative sotusta sotuista
illative sotuun sotuihin
adessive sotulla sotuilla
ablative sotulta sotuilta
allative sotulle sotuille
essive sotuna sotuina
translative sotuksi sotuiksi
abessive sotutta sotuitta
instructive sotuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sotu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sotuni sotuni
accusative nom. sotuni sotuni
gen. sotuni
genitive sotuni sotujeni
partitive sotuani sotujani
inessive sotussani sotuissani
elative sotustani sotuistani
illative sotuuni sotuihini
adessive sotullani sotuillani
ablative sotultani sotuiltani
allative sotulleni sotuilleni
essive sotunani sotuinani
translative sotukseni sotuikseni
abessive sotuttani sotuittani
instructive
comitative sotuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sotusi sotusi
accusative nom. sotusi sotusi
gen. sotusi
genitive sotusi sotujesi
partitive sotuasi sotujasi
inessive sotussasi sotuissasi
elative sotustasi sotuistasi
illative sotuusi sotuihisi
adessive sotullasi sotuillasi
ablative sotultasi sotuiltasi
allative sotullesi sotuillesi
essive sotunasi sotuinasi
translative sotuksesi sotuiksesi
abessive sotuttasi sotuittasi
instructive
comitative sotuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sotumme sotumme
accusative nom. sotumme sotumme
gen. sotumme
genitive sotumme sotujemme
partitive sotuamme sotujamme
inessive sotussamme sotuissamme
elative sotustamme sotuistamme
illative sotuumme sotuihimme
adessive sotullamme sotuillamme
ablative sotultamme sotuiltamme
allative sotullemme sotuillemme
essive sotunamme sotuinamme
translative sotuksemme sotuiksemme
abessive sotuttamme sotuittamme
instructive
comitative sotuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sotunne sotunne
accusative nom. sotunne sotunne
gen. sotunne
genitive sotunne sotujenne
partitive sotuanne sotujanne
inessive sotussanne sotuissanne
elative sotustanne sotuistanne
illative sotuunne sotuihinne
adessive sotullanne sotuillanne
ablative sotultanne sotuiltanne
allative sotullenne sotuillenne
essive sotunanne sotuinanne
translative sotuksenne sotuiksenne
abessive sotuttanne sotuittanne
instructive
comitative sotuinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Tboli

Etymology

Might be akin to Malay satu.

Numeral

sotu

  1. one