rouva
Finnish
Etymology
From earlier *frouva, borrowing from Germanic, compare Old Norse frouva, Old High German frouwa, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrou̯ʋɑ/, [ˈro̞u̯ʋ(ː)ɑ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ouʋɑ
- Hyphenation: rou‧va
Noun
rouva
- lady
- madam
Declension
| Inflection of rouva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rouva | rouvat | |
| genitive | rouvan | rouvien | |
| partitive | rouvaa | rouvia | |
| illative | rouvaan | rouviin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rouva | rouvat | |
| accusative | nom. | rouva | rouvat |
| gen. | rouvan | ||
| genitive | rouvan | rouvien rouvainrare | |
| partitive | rouvaa | rouvia | |
| inessive | rouvassa | rouvissa | |
| elative | rouvasta | rouvista | |
| illative | rouvaan | rouviin | |
| adessive | rouvalla | rouvilla | |
| ablative | rouvalta | rouvilta | |
| allative | rouvalle | rouville | |
| essive | rouvana | rouvina | |
| translative | rouvaksi | rouviksi | |
| instructive | — | rouvin | |
| abessive | rouvatta | rouvitta | |
| comitative | — | rouvineen | |
Compounds
compounds
- herttarouva
- kamarirouva
- kotirouva
- leskirouva
- linnanrouva
- patarouva
- pikkurouva
- rautarouva
- ristirouva
- rouvakoko
- rouvamalli
- ruuturouva