lavea
Finnish
Etymology
From a southwestern dialectal form lavia (modified under influence from -ea), from Proto-Finnic *lakja (whence also laaja).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑʋeɑ/, [ˈlɑʋe̞ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑʋeɑ
- Syllabification(key): la‧ve‧a
Adjective
lavea (comparative laveampi, superlative lavein)
- wide, broad
- (biblical, idiomatic) broad in lavea tie "the broad way", the way of sin, the road to destruction; from Matthew 7:13
- (phonetics) unrounded, illabial
Declension
| Inflection of lavea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lavea | laveat | |
| genitive | lavean | laveiden laveitten | |
| partitive | laveaa laveata | laveita | |
| illative | laveaan | laveisiin laveihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lavea | laveat | |
| accusative | nom. | lavea | laveat |
| gen. | lavean | ||
| genitive | lavean | laveiden laveitten laveainrare | |
| partitive | laveaa laveata | laveita | |
| inessive | laveassa | laveissa | |
| elative | laveasta | laveista | |
| illative | laveaan | laveisiin laveihin | |
| adessive | lavealla | laveilla | |
| ablative | lavealta | laveilta | |
| allative | lavealle | laveille | |
| essive | laveana | laveina | |
| translative | laveaksi | laveiksi | |
| instructive | — | lavein | |
| abessive | laveatta | laveitta | |
| comitative | — | laveine | |
| Possessive forms of lavea (type korkea) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | laveani | laveamme |
| 2nd person | laveasi | laveanne |
| 3rd person | laveansa | |
Derived terms
- laveasti
- laventaa
- laveta
- laveus
Related terms
- laaja
See also
- leveä
References
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN