hieroja
Finnish
Etymology
hieroa + -ja
Noun
hieroja
- masseur, masseuse, massage therapist
Usage notes
In Finnish the terminology tends to be gender-neutral. Accordingly, hieroja (“masseur”) is normally used to refer to both masseurs and masseuses.
Declension
| Inflection of hieroja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hieroja | hierojat | |
| genitive | hierojan | hierojien | |
| partitive | hierojaa | hierojia | |
| illative | hierojaan | hierojiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hieroja | hierojat | |
| accusative | nom. | hieroja | hierojat |
| gen. | hierojan | ||
| genitive | hierojan | hierojien hierojainrare | |
| partitive | hierojaa | hierojia | |
| inessive | hierojassa | hierojissa | |
| elative | hierojasta | hierojista | |
| illative | hierojaan | hierojiin | |
| adessive | hierojalla | hierojilla | |
| ablative | hierojalta | hierojilta | |
| allative | hierojalle | hierojille | |
| essive | hierojana | hierojina | |
| translative | hierojaksi | hierojiksi | |
| instructive | — | hierojin | |
| abessive | hierojatta | hierojitta | |
| comitative | — | hierojineen | |
Derived terms
- hierojatar