visva

Finnish

Etymology

Cognate with Ingrian visvata, Karelian visva, Votic vizvata (Mati) and dialectal Estonian vism (~ visma, variant hereof). According to SSA, probably an original word.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋisʋɑ/, [ˈʋis̠ʋɑ]
  • Rhymes: -isʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): vis‧va

Noun

visva

  1. pus

Declension
Inflection of visva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative visva visvat
genitive visvan visvojen
partitive visvaa visvoja
illative visvaan visvoihin
singular plural
nominative visva visvat
accusative nom. visva visvat
gen. visvan
genitive visvan visvojen
visvainrare
partitive visvaa visvoja
inessive visvassa visvoissa
elative visvasta visvoista
illative visvaan visvoihin
adessive visvalla visvoilla
ablative visvalta visvoilta
allative visvalle visvoille
essive visvana visvoina
translative visvaksi visvoiksi
instructive — visvoin
abessive visvatta visvoitta
comitative — visvoineen
Possessive forms of visva (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person visvani visvamme
2nd person visvasi visvanne
3rd person visvansa

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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