kotelo
Finnish
editEtymology
editkota + -(e)lo, originally a dialectal word taken into use in the literary language.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkotelo
- case, box (to contain an item)
- silmälasikotelo ― eyeglass case
- pakkauskotelo ― packaging box
- viulukotelo ― violin case
- case, casing, housing, enclosure
- tietokonekotelo ― computer case
- laakerin kotelo ― bearing housing
- (biology) pupa (insect in the development stage between larva and adult)
- (zoology) cocoon (silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- (physiology) (membranous envelope)
- holster (case for a gun)
- (slang) head, brain
Declension
editInflection of kotelo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kotelo | kotelot | |
genitive | kotelon | kotelojen koteloiden koteloitten | |
partitive | koteloa | koteloja koteloita | |
illative | koteloon | koteloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kotelo | kotelot | |
accusative | nom. | kotelo | kotelot |
gen. | kotelon | ||
genitive | kotelon | kotelojen koteloiden koteloitten | |
partitive | koteloa | koteloja koteloita | |
inessive | kotelossa | koteloissa | |
elative | kotelosta | koteloista | |
illative | koteloon | koteloihin | |
adessive | kotelolla | koteloilla | |
ablative | kotelolta | koteloilta | |
allative | kotelolle | koteloille | |
essive | kotelona | koteloina | |
translative | koteloksi | koteloiksi | |
abessive | kotelotta | koteloitta | |
instructive | — | koteloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
- avainkotelo
- banaanikotelo
- hyönteiskotelo
- itiökotelo
- kainalokotelo
- kantokotelo
- karttakotelo
- keräsenkotelo
- kirjakotelo
- korttikotelo
- koteloaste
- koteloitiö
- kotelokartonki
- kotelokoppa
- kotelomalja
- kotelomekko
- kotelopalkki
- kotelopalko
- kotelopallo
- kotelopuku
- kotelopullo
- kotelorakko
- kotelosieni
- kotelotuuletin
- kynäkotelo
- lehtikotelo
- munakotelo
- munuaiskotelo
- nahkakotelo
- niinikotelo
- nuolikotelo
- pahvikotelo
- partahöyläkotelo
- partaveitsikotelo
- pistoolikotelo
- revolverikotelo
- saippuakotelo
- savukekotelo
- siittiökotelo
- silmälasikotelo
- suksikotelo
- suojakotelo
- tumakotelo
- tynnyrikotelo
- viulukotelo
- vyökotelo
Further reading
edit- “kotelo”, 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