korsu
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Finnish
Etymology
Unknown
Pronunciation
Noun
korsu
- dugout (pit dug into the ground as a shelter from enemy fire)
- (regional, Eastern Finnish) chaff shed
Usage notes
- korsu is a dugout big enough to live in and is equipped with a roof. An open shelter for fire may be called potero (“foxhole”) or juoksuhauta (“trench”)
Declension
Inflection of korsu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | korsu | korsut | |
genitive | korsun | korsujen | |
partitive | korsua | korsuja | |
illative | korsuun | korsuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | korsu | korsut | |
accusative | nom. | korsu | korsut |
gen. | korsun | ||
genitive | korsun | korsujen | |
partitive | korsua | korsuja | |
inessive | korsussa | korsuissa | |
elative | korsusta | korsuista | |
illative | korsuun | korsuihin | |
adessive | korsulla | korsuilla | |
ablative | korsulta | korsuilta | |
allative | korsulle | korsuille | |
essive | korsuna | korsuina | |
translative | korsuksi | korsuiksi | |
abessive | korsutta | korsuitta | |
instructive | — | korsuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
- “korsu”, 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
Anagrams
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Etymology
Noun
korsu
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- Finnish terms with unknown etymologies
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/orsu
- Rhymes:Finnish/orsu/2 syllables
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- Finnish nouns
- Regional Finnish
- Eastern Finnish
- Finnish valo-type nominals
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