liero

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly sound-symbolic.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlie̯ro/, [ˈlie̞̯ro̞]
  • Rhymes: -iero
  • Syllabification(key): lie‧ro

Noun

liero

  1. earthworm (any species of the family Lumbricidae)
  2. jackal, skunk (opportunistic and/or treacherous person)

Declension
Inflection of liero (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative liero lierot
genitive lieron lierojen
partitive lieroa lieroja
illative lieroon lieroihin
singular plural
nominative liero lierot
accusative nom. liero lierot
gen. lieron
genitive lieron lierojen
partitive lieroa lieroja
inessive lierossa lieroissa
elative lierosta lieroista
illative lieroon lieroihin
adessive lierolla lieroilla
ablative lierolta lieroilta
allative lierolle lieroille
essive lierona lieroina
translative lieroksi lieroiksi
instructive — lieroin
abessive lierotta lieroitta
comitative — lieroineen
Possessive forms of liero (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person lieroni lieromme
2nd person lierosi lieronne
3rd person lieronsa

Derived terms

Compounds

Lumbricidae species

  • harmaaliero
  • kasteliero
  • metsäliero
  • multaliero
  • onkiliero
  • peltoliero
  • punaliero
  • tunkioliero
  • viemäriliero
  • viherliero

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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