loitto

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *loitto-, whence also Karelian loittoni, loittoine, Ludian loitton, Veps loitos. Possibly related to loiva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloi̯tːo/, [ˈlo̞i̯t̪ːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -oitːo
  • Syllabification(key): loit‧to

Adjective

loitto (comparative loitompi, no superlative)

  1. (archaic) distant (located far away)
    • 1915, Valter juva (tr.), “Jumalien tanhu (title of a poem)”, in Valikoima runoja (A collection of poems), translation of Gudarne dansa (Dance of the gods) by Gustaf Fröding:
      Noin jumalat ylhät, riemuin ja soitoin; ne arvoisin elein ja katsehin loitoin; kävi juhlaan, …
      Thus the noble gods with joy and music; with dignified gestures and distant gazes; began the party, …

Usage notes

Declension

Currently only adessive, ablative and allative cases are used as adverbs; other cases are obsolete, including nominative.

Inflection of loitto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative loitto loitot
genitive loiton loittojen
partitive loittoa loittoja
illative loittoon loittoihin
singular plural
nominative loitto loitot
accusative nom. loitto loitot
gen. loiton
genitive loiton loittojen
partitive loittoa loittoja
inessive loitossa loitoissa
elative loitosta loitoista
illative loittoon loittoihin
adessive loitolla loitoilla
ablative loitolta loitoilta
allative loitolle loitoille
essive loittona loittoina
translative loitoksi loitoiksi
instructive loitoin
abessive loitotta loitoitta
comitative loittoine
Possessive forms of loitto (type valo)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor singular plural
1st person loittoni loittomme
2nd person loittosi loittonne
3rd person loittonsa

Synonyms

Derived terms

Compounds

Noun

loitto

  1. (letterpress typography) base (large spacer)
  2. (photography) Short for loittorengas.

Declension

Inflection of loitto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative loitto loitot
genitive loiton loittojen
partitive loittoa loittoja
illative loittoon loittoihin
singular plural
nominative loitto loitot
accusative nom. loitto loitot
gen. loiton
genitive loiton loittojen
partitive loittoa loittoja
inessive loitossa loitoissa
elative loitosta loitoista
illative loittoon loittoihin
adessive loitolla loitoilla
ablative loitolta loitoilta
allative loitolle loitoille
essive loittona loittoina
translative loitoksi loitoiksi
instructive loitoin
abessive loitotta loitoitta
comitative loittoineen
Possessive forms of loitto (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person loittoni loittomme
2nd person loittosi loittonne
3rd person loittonsa

Hypernyms

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