toonela

toonela

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish tuonela during the 19th century.

Noun

toonela (genitive toonela, partitive toonelat)

1. underworld; the place where people go after dying according to the Finnic mythology.
2. (figuratively, poetic) death

   Ta on toonelasse läinud.

   He's dead. (lit. "He's gone to the underworld")

Declension

Inflection of toonela (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	toonela	toonelad
accusative	toonela	toonelad
genitive	toonela	toonelate
partitive	toonelat	toonelaid
illative	toonelasse	toonelatesse toonelaisse
inessive	toonelas	toonelates toonelais
elative	toonelast	toonelatest toonelaist
allative	toonelale	toonelatele toonelaile
adessive	toonelal	toonelatel toonelail
ablative	toonelalt	toonelatelt toonelailt
translative	toonelaks	toonelateks toonelaiks
terminative	toonelani	toonelateni
essive	toonelana	toonelatena
abessive	toonelata	toonelateta
comitative	toonelaga	toonelatega

Synonyms

• manala