tonttu

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish tomte.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtontːu/, [ˈt̪o̞n̪t̪ːu]
  • Rhymes: -ontːu
  • Syllabification(key): tont‧tu

Noun

tonttu

  1. (folklore) A miniature mythical humanoid creature believed to live in the forests and in or near people's dwellings, similar to an elf or gnome.
  2. elf (Santa's helper)
  3. fool (person with poor judgment or little intelligence)
  4. (colloquial) thousand

Declension
Inflection of tonttu (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative tonttu tontut
genitive tontun tonttujen
partitive tonttua tonttuja
illative tonttuun tonttuihin
singular plural
nominative tonttu tontut
accusative nom. tonttu tontut
gen. tontun
genitive tontun tonttujen
partitive tonttua tonttuja
inessive tontussa tontuissa
elative tontusta tontuista
illative tonttuun tonttuihin
adessive tontulla tontuilla
ablative tontulta tontuilta
allative tontulle tontuille
essive tonttuna tonttuina
translative tontuksi tontuiksi
instructive — tontuin
abessive tontutta tontuitta
comitative — tonttuineen
Possessive forms of tonttu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person tonttuni tonttumme
2nd person tonttusi tonttunne
3rd person tonttunsa

Synonyms

Compounds

In the folklore the elves were often named according to their habitat. At least the following exist:

Anagrams
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