tihu
See also: tíhu and tíhú
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtihu/, [ˈt̪iɦu]
- Rhymes: -ihu
- Syllabification(key): ti‧hu
Etymology 1
Variant of tihku generalized from the dialectal weak stem tihu- (possibly through the derived term below).
Noun
tihu
- drizzle
Declension
| Inflection of tihu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tihu | tihut | |
| genitive | tihun | tihujen | |
| partitive | tihua | tihuja | |
| illative | tihuun | tihuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tihu | tihut | |
| accusative | nom. | tihu | tihut |
| gen. | tihun | ||
| genitive | tihun | tihujen | |
| partitive | tihua | tihuja | |
| inessive | tihussa | tihuissa | |
| elative | tihusta | tihuista | |
| illative | tihuun | tihuihin | |
| adessive | tihulla | tihuilla | |
| ablative | tihulta | tihuilta | |
| allative | tihulle | tihuille | |
| essive | tihuna | tihuina | |
| translative | tihuksi | tihuiksi | |
| instructive | — | tihuin | |
| abessive | tihutta | tihuitta | |
| comitative | — | tihuineen | |
| Possessive forms of tihu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | tihuni | tihumme |
| 2nd person | tihusi | tihunne |
| 3rd person | tihunsa | |
Derived terms
- tihuttaa
Etymology 2
Possibly the same word as dialectal tihu (“mosquito”), in which case from tihistä and akin to Ingrian tihu, Karelian tihi, Ludian ťihi, Veps tihi, Votic tihi and dialectal Estonian tihu, or alternatively a sound-symbolic variant of tuho.[1]
Noun
tihu
- (dialectal) Synonym of tihutyö
Declension
| Inflection of tihu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tihu | tihut | |
| genitive | tihun | tihujen | |
| partitive | tihua | tihuja | |
| illative | tihuun | tihuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tihu | tihut | |
| accusative | nom. | tihu | tihut |
| gen. | tihun | ||
| genitive | tihun | tihujen | |
| partitive | tihua | tihuja | |
| inessive | tihussa | tihuissa | |
| elative | tihusta | tihuista | |
| illative | tihuun | tihuihin | |
| adessive | tihulla | tihuilla | |
| ablative | tihulta | tihuilta | |
| allative | tihulle | tihuille | |
| essive | tihuna | tihuina | |
| translative | tihuksi | tihuiksi | |
| instructive | — | tihuin | |
| abessive | tihutta | tihuitta | |
| comitative | — | tihuineen | |
| Possessive forms of tihu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | tihuni | tihumme |
| 2nd person | tihusi | tihunne |
| 3rd person | tihunsa | |
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
Anagrams
- hitu, huti
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
tihu
- inflection of tȉh:
- indefinite masculine/neuter dative/locative singular
- feminine accusative singular