nielu
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *neelu. Equivalent to niellä (“to swallow”) + -u.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nielu
- (anatomy) pharynx (part of the throat)
- (fishing) funnel (in a fyke net)
- sink (the opposite of a source; that which absorbs something; target or destination)
- Antonym: lähde
- (botany) throat (orifice of a tubular organ)
- (electronics) drain (of a field effect transistor)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of nielu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nielu | nielut | ||
genitive | nielun | nielujen | ||
partitive | nielua | nieluja | ||
illative | nieluun | nieluihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nielu | nielut | ||
accusative | nom. | nielu | nielut | |
gen. | nielun | |||
genitive | nielun | nielujen | ||
partitive | nielua | nieluja | ||
inessive | nielussa | nieluissa | ||
elative | nielusta | nieluista | ||
illative | nieluun | nieluihin | ||
adessive | nielulla | nieluilla | ||
ablative | nielulta | nieluilta | ||
allative | nielulle | nieluille | ||
essive | nieluna | nieluina | ||
translative | nieluksi | nieluiksi | ||
abessive | nielutta | nieluitta | ||
instructive | — | nieluin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “nielu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ielu
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