tihu

See also: tíhu and tíhú

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtihu/, [ˈt̪iɦu]
  • Rhymes: -ihu
  • Syllabification(key): ti‧hu

Etymology 1

Variant of tihku generalized from the dialectal weak stem tihu- (possibly through the derived term below).

Noun

tihu

  1. drizzle
Declension
Inflection of tihu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative tihu tihut
genitive tihun tihujen
partitive tihua tihuja
illative tihuun tihuihin
singular plural
nominative tihu tihut
accusative nom. tihu tihut
gen. tihun
genitive tihun tihujen
partitive tihua tihuja
inessive tihussa tihuissa
elative tihusta tihuista
illative tihuun tihuihin
adessive tihulla tihuilla
ablative tihulta tihuilta
allative tihulle tihuille
essive tihuna tihuina
translative tihuksi tihuiksi
instructive — tihuin
abessive tihutta tihuitta
comitative — tihuineen
Possessive forms of tihu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person tihuni tihumme
2nd person tihusi tihunne
3rd person tihunsa
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly the same word as dialectal tihu (“mosquito”), in which case from tihistä and akin to Ingrian ti­hu, Karelian tihi, Ludian ťihi, Veps tihi, Votic tihi and dialectal Estonian tihu, or alternatively a sound-symbolic variant of tuho.[1]

Noun

tihu

  1. (dialectal) Synonym of tihutyö
Declension
Inflection of tihu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative tihu tihut
genitive tihun tihujen
partitive tihua tihuja
illative tihuun tihuihin
singular plural
nominative tihu tihut
accusative nom. tihu tihut
gen. tihun
genitive tihun tihujen
partitive tihua tihuja
inessive tihussa tihuissa
elative tihusta tihuista
illative tihuun tihuihin
adessive tihulla tihuilla
ablative tihulta tihuilta
allative tihulle tihuille
essive tihuna tihuina
translative tihuksi tihuiksi
instructive — tihuin
abessive tihutta tihuitta
comitative — tihuineen
Possessive forms of tihu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person tihuni tihumme
2nd person tihusi tihunne
3rd person tihunsa

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

Anagrams

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Adjective

tihu

  1. inflection of tȉh:
    1. indefinite masculine/neuter dative/locative singular
    2. feminine accusative singular
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