keiju
Finnish
editEtymology
editProbably from keijua, possibly originally as a shortening of keijukainen (rather than the other way around).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkeiju
- fairy (mythical being)
- storm petrel (any seabird in the family Oceanitidae or Hydrobatidae, formerly considered as one)
- (zoology) southern storm petrel (bird of the family Oceanitidae)
Declension
editInflection of keiju (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | keiju | keijut | |
genitive | keijun | keijujen | |
partitive | keijua | keijuja | |
illative | keijuun | keijuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | keiju | keijut | |
accusative | nom. | keiju | keijut |
gen. | keijun | ||
genitive | keijun | keijujen | |
partitive | keijua | keijuja | |
inessive | keijussa | keijuissa | |
elative | keijusta | keijuista | |
illative | keijuun | keijuihin | |
adessive | keijulla | keijuilla | |
ablative | keijulta | keijuilta | |
allative | keijulle | keijuille | |
essive | keijuna | keijuina | |
translative | keijuksi | keijuiksi | |
abessive | keijutta | keijuitta | |
instructive | — | keijuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editcompounds
- azorienkeiju
- etelänkeiju
- galapagosinkeiju
- guadalupenkeiju
- hammaskeiju
- harmaakeiju
- havaijinkeiju
- isokeiju
- kaliforniankeiju
- kauluskeiju
- keijukorento
- keijunkukka
- keijupöly
- keijusalama
- kääpiökeiju
- madeirankeiju
- merikeiju
- mustakeiju
- myrskykeiju
- nokikeiju
- pikkuetelänkeiju
- pikkukeiju
- polynesiankeiju
- tonnikeiju
- tyrskykeiju
- ulappakeiju
Related terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “keiju”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Tetum
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese queijo, from Old Galician-Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”).
Noun
editkeiju
- cheese (dairy product)
Categories:
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eiju
- Rhymes:Finnish/eiju/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Mythological creatures
- fi:Zoology
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Tetum terms borrowed from Portuguese
- Tetum terms derived from Portuguese
- Tetum terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Tetum terms derived from Latin
- Tetum terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Tetum lemmas
- Tetum nouns
- tet:Cheeses
- tet:Foods