riemu
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *rëëmu. Cognates include Karelian riemu and Estonian rõõm. Further etymology unclear, but possibly a sound-symbolic word related to remu.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
riemu
- joy, elation, glee
- (in some compounds) jubilee
- riemutohtori ― jubilee doctor, golden doctor (honorary title for a person who has held an academic doctorate for 50 years)
- riemuvuosi ― jubilee (year)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of riemu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | riemu | riemut | ||
genitive | riemun | riemujen | ||
partitive | riemua | riemuja | ||
illative | riemuun | riemuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | riemu | riemut | ||
accusative | nom. | riemu | riemut | |
gen. | riemun | |||
genitive | riemun | riemujen | ||
partitive | riemua | riemuja | ||
inessive | riemussa | riemuissa | ||
elative | riemusta | riemuista | ||
illative | riemuun | riemuihin | ||
adessive | riemulla | riemuilla | ||
ablative | riemulta | riemuilta | ||
allative | riemulle | riemuille | ||
essive | riemuna | riemuina | ||
translative | riemuksi | riemuiksi | ||
abessive | riemutta | riemuitta | ||
instructive | — | riemuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- “riemu”, 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