hepo
Finnish
Alternative forms
- heppa
- hoppa
- hopo
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hepoi, cognate with Estonian hobu, Karelian hepo, Veps hepo, Livonian ibbi, Votic õpo, Votic opo. Possibly from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos, such as Proto-Germanic *ehwaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhepo]
- Rhymes: -epo
- Hyphenation: he‧po
Noun
hepo
- (poetic) horse
- (colloquial) heroin
Declension
| Inflection of hepo (Kotus type 1/valo, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hepo | hevot | |
| genitive | hevon | hepojen | |
| partitive | hepoa | hepoja | |
| illative | hepoon | hepoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hepo | hevot | |
| accusative | nom. | hepo | hevot |
| gen. | hevon | ||
| genitive | hevon | hepojen | |
| partitive | hepoa | hepoja | |
| inessive | hevossa | hevoissa | |
| elative | hevosta | hevoista | |
| illative | hepoon | hepoihin | |
| adessive | hevolla | hevoilla | |
| ablative | hevolta | hevoilta | |
| allative | hevolle | hevoille | |
| essive | hepona | hepoina | |
| translative | hevoksi | hevoiksi | |
| instructive | — | hevoin | |
| abessive | hevotta | hevoitta | |
| comitative | — | hepoineen | |
Usage notes
Rare in general usage, more common in sayings, idioms and in metaphorical use. Immediately recognizable to a native speaker though.
Derived terms
- nouns: hevonen, virtahepo, rautahepo, hepokatti, hepoasteet
- verbs: hevostella
- vulgarities: hevonpaska, hevonvittu
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.