hovimestari
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish hovmästare (“headwaiter”), compound of hovi (“court”) + mestari (“master”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhoʋiˌmestɑri/, [ˈho̞ʋiˌme̞s̠t̪ɑri]
- Rhymes: -estɑri
- Syllabification(key): ho‧vi‧mes‧ta‧ri
Noun
hovimestari
- headwaiter (waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff)
- butler, majordomo (chief male servant of a household)
Declension
| Inflection of hovimestari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hovimestari | hovimestarit | |
| genitive | hovimestarin | hovimestarien hovimestareiden hovimestareitten | |
| partitive | hovimestaria | hovimestareita hovimestareja | |
| illative | hovimestariin | hovimestareihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hovimestari | hovimestarit | |
| accusative | nom. | hovimestari | hovimestarit |
| gen. | hovimestarin | ||
| genitive | hovimestarin | hovimestarien hovimestareiden hovimestareitten | |
| partitive | hovimestaria | hovimestareita hovimestareja | |
| inessive | hovimestarissa | hovimestareissa | |
| elative | hovimestarista | hovimestareista | |
| illative | hovimestariin | hovimestareihin | |
| adessive | hovimestarilla | hovimestareilla | |
| ablative | hovimestarilta | hovimestareilta | |
| allative | hovimestarille | hovimestareille | |
| essive | hovimestarina | hovimestareina | |
| translative | hovimestariksi | hovimestareiksi | |
| instructive | — | hovimestarein | |
| abessive | hovimestaritta | hovimestareitta | |
| comitative | — | hovimestareineen | |
| Possessive forms of hovimestari (type paperi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | hovimestarini | hovimestarimme |
| 2nd person | hovimestarisi | hovimestarinne |
| 3rd person | hovimestarinsa | |