tonttu
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tonttu
- (folklore) A miniature mythical humanoid creature believed to live in the forests and in or near people's dwellings, similar to an elf or gnome.
- elf (Santa's helper)
- fool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence)
- (colloquial) thousand
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tonttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tonttu | tontut | ||
genitive | tontun | tonttujen | ||
partitive | tonttua | tonttuja | ||
illative | tonttuun | tonttuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tonttu | tontut | ||
accusative | nom. | tonttu | tontut | |
gen. | tontun | |||
genitive | tontun | tonttujen | ||
partitive | tonttua | tonttuja | ||
inessive | tontussa | tontuissa | ||
elative | tontusta | tontuista | ||
illative | tonttuun | tonttuihin | ||
adessive | tontulla | tontuilla | ||
ablative | tontulta | tontuilta | ||
allative | tontulle | tontuille | ||
essive | tonttuna | tonttuina | ||
translative | tontuksi | tontuiksi | ||
abessive | tontutta | tontuitta | ||
instructive | — | tontuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
- (humanoid in folklore): haltija
- (Santa's helper): joulutonttu
- (fool): hölmö, höntti, pöhkö, pösilö, tomppeli, toope
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “tonttu”, 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