aava

See also: Aava

Finnish

Etymology

Etymology unclear. Possibly from *ava-, producing also avata, or from aapa, from Sami and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *habą (“sea”); compare e.g. Northern Sami áhpi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːʋɑ/, [ˈɑːʋɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːʋɑ
  • Hyphenation: aa‧va

Adjective

aava (comparative aavempi, superlative aavin)

  1. open, wide (featuring a very large open area, especially sea)
    aava meri = wide sea, open sea

Declension
Inflection of aava (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative aava aavat
genitive aavan aavojen
partitive aavaa aavoja
illative aavaan aavoihin
singular plural
nominative aava aavat
accusative nom. aava aavat
gen. aavan
genitive aavan aavojen
aavainrare
partitive aavaa aavoja
inessive aavassa aavoissa
elative aavasta aavoista
illative aavaan aavoihin
adessive aavalla aavoilla
ablative aavalta aavoilta
allative aavalle aavoille
essive aavana aavoina
translative aavaksi aavoiksi
instructive — aavoin
abessive aavatta aavoitta
comitative — aavoine

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

aava

  1. open sea

Declension
Inflection of aava (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative aava aavat
genitive aavan aavojen
partitive aavaa aavoja
illative aavaan aavoihin
singular plural
nominative aava aavat
accusative nom. aava aavat
gen. aavan
genitive aavan aavojen
aavainrare
partitive aavaa aavoja
inessive aavassa aavoissa
elative aavasta aavoista
illative aavaan aavoihin
adessive aavalla aavoilla
ablative aavalta aavoilta
allative aavalle aavoille
essive aavana aavoina
translative aavaksi aavoiksi
instructive — aavoin
abessive aavatta aavoitta
comitative — aavoineen

Synonyms

See also

References
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish etymological dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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