tauko
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑu̯ko/, [ˈt̪ɑu̯ko̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑuko
- Syllabification(key): tau‧ko
Etymology 1
tauota + -o. Meaning "rest" coined by Finnish ethnomusicologist Armas Otto Väisänen in Uusia suomenkielisiä säveltaiteen määresanoja (1915).
Noun
tauko
- break, pause (interruption)
- (music) rest
- caesura (break in a speech, play, poem etc.)
- hiatus
Declension
| Inflection of tauko (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tauko | tauot | |
| genitive | tauon | taukojen | |
| partitive | taukoa | taukoja | |
| illative | taukoon | taukoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tauko | tauot | |
| accusative | nom. | tauko | tauot |
| gen. | tauon | ||
| genitive | tauon | taukojen | |
| partitive | taukoa | taukoja | |
| inessive | tauossa | tauoissa | |
| elative | tauosta | tauoista | |
| illative | taukoon | taukoihin | |
| adessive | tauolla | tauoilla | |
| ablative | tauolta | tauoilta | |
| allative | tauolle | tauoille | |
| essive | taukona | taukoina | |
| translative | tauoksi | tauoiksi | |
| instructive | — | tauoin | |
| abessive | tauotta | tauoitta | |
| comitative | — | taukoineen | |
| Possessive forms of tauko (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | taukoni | taukomme |
| 2nd person | taukosi | taukonne |
| 3rd person | taukonsa | |
Compounds
compounds
- erätauko
- hengähdystauko
- kahvitauko
- kokotauko
- lepotauko
- lounastauko
- neljäsosatauko
- puolitauko
- ruokailutauko
- ruokatauko
- taukojohto
- taukojumppa
- taukoliikunta
- taukomerkki
- taukopaikka
- taukotupa
- taukovaunu
- taukovoimistelu
- tulitauko
- tupakkatauko
- tuumaustauko
- työtauko
- virkistystauko
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *tauko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *taugō.
Noun
tauko
- (dialectal) thick rope, tow rope
Declension
| Inflection of tauko (Kotus type 1*D/valo, k- gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tauko | tauot | |
| genitive | tauon | taukojen | |
| partitive | taukoa | taukoja | |
| illative | taukoon | taukoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tauko | tauot | |
| accusative | nom. | tauko | tauot |
| gen. | tauon | ||
| genitive | tauon | taukojen | |
| partitive | taukoa | taukoja | |
| inessive | tauossa | tauoissa | |
| elative | tauosta | tauoista | |
| illative | taukoon | taukoihin | |
| adessive | tauolla | tauoilla | |
| ablative | tauolta | tauoilta | |
| allative | tauolle | tauoille | |
| essive | taukona | taukoina | |
| translative | tauoksi | tauoiksi | |
| instructive | — | tauoin | |
| abessive | tauotta | tauoitta | |
| comitative | — | taukoineen | |
| Possessive forms of tauko (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | taukoni | taukomme |
| 2nd person | taukosi | taukonne |
| 3rd person | taukonsa | |
Anagrams
- aukot, kauto, kutoa