lavea

Finnish

Etymology

From a southwestern dialectal form lavia (modified under influence from -ea), from Proto-Finnic *lakja (whence also laaja).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑʋeɑ/, [ˈlɑʋe̞ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑʋeɑ
  • Syllabification(key): la‧ve‧a

Adjective

lavea (comparative laveampi, superlative lavein)

  1. wide, broad
  2. (biblical, idiomatic) broad in lavea tie "the broad way", the way of sin, the road to destruction; from Matthew 7:13
  3. (phonetics) unrounded, illabial

Declension
Inflection of lavea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
nominative lavea laveat
genitive lavean laveiden
laveitten
partitive laveaa
laveata		 laveita
illative laveaan laveisiin
laveihin
singular plural
nominative lavea laveat
accusative nom. lavea laveat
gen. lavean
genitive lavean laveiden
laveitten
laveainrare
partitive laveaa
laveata		 laveita
inessive laveassa laveissa
elative laveasta laveista
illative laveaan laveisiin
laveihin
adessive lavealla laveilla
ablative lavealta laveilta
allative lavealle laveille
essive laveana laveina
translative laveaksi laveiksi
instructive — lavein
abessive laveatta laveitta
comitative — laveine
Possessive forms of lavea (type korkea)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor singular plural
1st person laveani laveamme
2nd person laveasi laveanne
3rd person laveansa

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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