toonela
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Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish tuonela at the end of the 19th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
toonela (genitive toonela, partitive toonelat)
- (Finnic mythology) a mythical place where all people go after death, equvalent to the underworld
- Synonym: manala
- toonela teele minema (idiomatic, poetic) ― to die (literally, “to embark on the road of toonela”)
Declension
| Declension of toonela (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | toonela | toonelad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | toonela | ||
| genitive | toonelate | ||
| partitive | toonelat | toonelaid | |
| illative | toonelasse | toonelatesse toonelaisse | |
| inessive | toonelas | toonelates toonelais | |
| elative | toonelast | toonelatest toonelaist | |
| allative | toonelale | toonelatele toonelaile | |
| adessive | toonelal | toonelatel toonelail | |
| ablative | toonelalt | toonelatelt toonelailt | |
| translative | toonelaks | toonelateks toonelaiks | |
| terminative | toonelani | toonelateni | |
| essive | toonelana | toonelatena | |
| abessive | toonelata | toonelateta | |
| comitative | toonelaga | toonelatega | |