hepo
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *hëpo, cognate with Estonian hobu, Karelian hepo/hebo, Veps hepo, Livonian ibbi, Votic õpo, Votic opo. Possibly a loan from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos, such as Proto-Germanic *ehwaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hepo
- (poetic) horse
- (colloquial) heroin
Usage notes[edit]
Rare in general usage, although common in sayings, idioms and in metaphorical use.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of hepo (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hepo | hevot | ||
genitive | hevon | hepojen | ||
partitive | hepoa | hepoja | ||
illative | hepoon | hepoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hepo | hevot | ||
accusative | nom. | hepo | hevot | |
gen. | hevon | |||
genitive | hevon | hepojen | ||
partitive | hepoa | hepoja | ||
inessive | hevossa | hevoissa | ||
elative | hevosta | hevoista | ||
illative | hepoon | hepoihin | ||
adessive | hevolla | hevoilla | ||
ablative | hevolta | hevoilta | ||
allative | hevolle | hevoille | ||
essive | hepona | hepoina | ||
translative | hevoksi | hevoiksi | ||
abessive | hevotta | hevoitta | ||
instructive | — | hevoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- “hepo”, 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 2023-07-02
Karelian[edit]
North Karelian (Viena) |
hepo |
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South Karelian (Tver) |
hebo |
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *hëpo. Cognates include Finnish hepo and Veps hebo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hepo (genitive hevon, partitive hepuo)
Declension[edit]
Viena Karelian declension of hepo (type 1/tyttö, p-v gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | hepo | hevot | |
genitive | hevon | hepojen | |
partitive | hepuo | hepoja | |
illative | hepoh | hepoloih | |
inessive | hevošša | hepoloissa | |
elative | hevošta | hepoloista | |
adessive | hevolla | hepoloilla | |
ablative | hevolta | hepoloilta | |
translative | hevokši | hepoloiksi | |
essive | hepona | hepoloina | |
comitative | — | hepoloineh | |
abessive | hevotta | hepoloitta |
Possessive forms of hepo | ||
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1st person | heponi | |
2nd person | hepoš | |
3rd person | hepoh | |
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. |
References[edit]
- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “hepo”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
Categories:
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/epo
- Rhymes:Finnish/epo/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish poetic terms
- Finnish colloquialisms
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- fi:Horses
- Karelian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Karelian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Karelian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Karelian lemmas
- Karelian nouns
- North Karelian
- krl:Equids