Finnish

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Etymology

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heittää (to throw) +‎ -o

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhei̯tːo/, [ˈhe̞i̯t̪ːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -eitːo
  • Hyphenation(key): heit‧to

Noun

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heitto

  1. throw, cast, shy (act of throwing)
  2. toss (throw with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care)
  3. (basketball) shot
    kolmen pisteen heittothree-point shot
  4. caprice (impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion)
  5. retort, riposte (quick response)
  6. runout (deviation of the axis of rotation)
  7. (informal) imprecision, inaccuracy
    Tässä mittarissa on aika paljon heittoa.
    This meter is quite a bit off.
  8. (informal) conjecture (statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess)

Declension

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Inflection of heitto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative heitto heitot
genitive heiton heittojen
partitive heittoa heittoja
illative heittoon heittoihin
singular plural
nominative heitto heitot
accusative nom. heitto heitot
gen. heiton
genitive heiton heittojen
partitive heittoa heittoja
inessive heitossa heitoissa
elative heitosta heitoista
illative heittoon heittoihin
adessive heitolla heitoilla
ablative heitolta heitoilta
allative heitolle heitoille
essive heittona heittoina
translative heitoksi heitoiksi
abessive heitotta heitoitta
instructive heitoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of heitto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative heittoni heittoni
accusative nom. heittoni heittoni
gen. heittoni
genitive heittoni heittojeni
partitive heittoani heittojani
inessive heitossani heitoissani
elative heitostani heitoistani
illative heittooni heittoihini
adessive heitollani heitoillani
ablative heitoltani heitoiltani
allative heitolleni heitoilleni
essive heittonani heittoinani
translative heitokseni heitoikseni
abessive heitottani heitoittani
instructive
comitative heittoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative heittosi heittosi
accusative nom. heittosi heittosi
gen. heittosi
genitive heittosi heittojesi
partitive heittoasi heittojasi
inessive heitossasi heitoissasi
elative heitostasi heitoistasi
illative heittoosi heittoihisi
adessive heitollasi heitoillasi
ablative heitoltasi heitoiltasi
allative heitollesi heitoillesi
essive heittonasi heittoinasi
translative heitoksesi heitoiksesi
abessive heitottasi heitoittasi
instructive
comitative heittoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative heittomme heittomme
accusative nom. heittomme heittomme
gen. heittomme
genitive heittomme heittojemme
partitive heittoamme heittojamme
inessive heitossamme heitoissamme
elative heitostamme heitoistamme
illative heittoomme heittoihimme
adessive heitollamme heitoillamme
ablative heitoltamme heitoiltamme
allative heitollemme heitoillemme
essive heittonamme heittoinamme
translative heitoksemme heitoiksemme
abessive heitottamme heitoittamme
instructive
comitative heittoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative heittonne heittonne
accusative nom. heittonne heittonne
gen. heittonne
genitive heittonne heittojenne
partitive heittoanne heittojanne
inessive heitossanne heitoissanne
elative heitostanne heitoistanne
illative heittoonne heittoihinne
adessive heitollanne heitoillanne
ablative heitoltanne heitoiltanne
allative heitollenne heitoillenne
essive heittonanne heittoinanne
translative heitoksenne heitoiksenne
abessive heitottanne heitoittanne
instructive
comitative heittoinenne

Derived terms

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compounds

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