kohu
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkohu/, [ˈko̞ɦu]
- Rhymes: -ohu
- Syllabification(key): ko‧hu
- Hyphenation(key): ko‧hu
Noun
kohu
Declension
| Inflection of kohu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | kohu | kohut | |
| genitive | kohun | kohujen | |
| partitive | kohua | kohuja | |
| illative | kohuun | kohuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kohu | kohut | |
| accusative | nom. | kohu | kohut |
| gen. | kohun | ||
| genitive | kohun | kohujen | |
| partitive | kohua | kohuja | |
| inessive | kohussa | kohuissa | |
| elative | kohusta | kohuista | |
| illative | kohuun | kohuihin | |
| adessive | kohulla | kohuilla | |
| ablative | kohulta | kohuilta | |
| allative | kohulle | kohuille | |
| essive | kohuna | kohuina | |
| translative | kohuksi | kohuiksi | |
| abessive | kohutta | kohuitta | |
| instructive | — | kohuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
- kohujulkkis
- kohukaunotar
- kohuoikeudenkäynti
- kohu-uutinen
- mediakohu
- rasismikohu
- seksikohu
- seksismikohu
- somekohu
See also
Further reading
- “kohu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
Compare with Maori tawau and Tahitian tāpau. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Sense of stain likely evolved from "sap" > "remnant" > "stain", compare with semantic overlap in Maori tae and Malay tahi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈko.hu/
Noun
kohu
Maori
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *kofu from Proto-Oceanic *kofu₂ or *koput (“low cloud, mist, fog” – compare with Hawaiian ʻohu, Tahitian ʻohu, Tongan kohu)[1] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabut (“mist” – compare with Malay kabut).[2][3]
Noun
kohu
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 156
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kofu.2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 145-6
Etymology 2
Likely from kapu “concave part of the palm, scoop, ladle”, see there for more details.
Adjective
kohu
Etymology 3
from Proto-Polynesian *kofu “to wrap food in leaves”,[1][2] likely inspired by Etymology 2. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
kohu (passive kohua)
References
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 154-5
- ^ Anderson, Atholl, Green, Kaye, Leach, Foss (2007) Vastly Ingenious: The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture, in Honour of Janet M. Davidson, Otago University Press, →ISBN, pages 56-7
Derived terms
- kohukohu
- kokohu