edunvalvoja
Finnish
Etymology
edun (“of interest”) + valvoja (“watcher, caretaker”)
Noun
edunvalvoja
- (law) guardian (person legally responsible for a minor or incompetent person)
- (law) trustee (one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another)
- guardian of interests (one who guards, watches over, or protects someone's interests)
- Ammattiyhdistys on palkansaajien edunvalvoja.
- A trade union is the guardian of wage-earners' interests.
- Ammattiyhdistys on palkansaajien edunvalvoja.
Declension
| Inflection of edunvalvoja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | edunvalvoja | edunvalvojat | |
| genitive | edunvalvojan | edunvalvojien | |
| partitive | edunvalvojaa | edunvalvojia | |
| illative | edunvalvojaan | edunvalvojiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | edunvalvoja | edunvalvojat | |
| accusative | nom. | edunvalvoja | edunvalvojat |
| gen. | edunvalvojan | ||
| genitive | edunvalvojan | edunvalvojien edunvalvojainrare | |
| partitive | edunvalvojaa | edunvalvojia | |
| inessive | edunvalvojassa | edunvalvojissa | |
| elative | edunvalvojasta | edunvalvojista | |
| illative | edunvalvojaan | edunvalvojiin | |
| adessive | edunvalvojalla | edunvalvojilla | |
| ablative | edunvalvojalta | edunvalvojilta | |
| allative | edunvalvojalle | edunvalvojille | |
| essive | edunvalvojana | edunvalvojina | |
| translative | edunvalvojaksi | edunvalvojiksi | |
| instructive | — | edunvalvojin | |
| abessive | edunvalvojatta | edunvalvojitta | |
| comitative | — | edunvalvojineen | |
Synonyms
- (trustee): uskottu mies
Related terms
- edunvalvonta