letto

Finnish

Etymology

Probably derived from letä, the consonant stem for lentää (“to fly”), as *len(nä)ttö.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈletːo/, [ˈle̞t̪ːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -etːo
  • Syllabification(key): let‧to

Noun

letto

  1. fen, a type of treeless swamp

Declension
Inflection of letto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative letto letot
genitive leton lettojen
partitive lettoa lettoja
illative lettoon lettoihin
singular plural
nominative letto letot
accusative nom. letto letot
gen. leton
genitive leton lettojen
partitive lettoa lettoja
inessive letossa letoissa
elative letosta letoista
illative lettoon lettoihin
adessive letolla letoilla
ablative letolta letoilta
allative letolle letoille
essive lettona lettoina
translative letoksi letoiksi
instructive — letoin
abessive letotta letoitta
comitative — lettoineen
Possessive forms of letto (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person lettoni lettomme
2nd person lettosi lettonne
3rd person lettonsa

Synonyms

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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Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛt.to/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtto
  • Hyphenation: lèt‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin lectus (“bed”). Compare French lit, Portuguese leito and Catalan llit.

Noun

letto m (plural letti, diminutive lettìno or lettùccio or letticciòlo, augmentative (uncommon) lettóne, pejorative lettàccio)

  1. (furniture) bed
  2. (potamology, hydrology) riverbed
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Latin lēctus, perfect passive participle of legō.

Participle

letto (feminine letta, masculine plural letti, feminine plural lette)

  1. past participle of leggere (“to read”)

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