usva
Finnish
Etymology
Related to variant usma, Karelian usva and Inari Sami osvođ. The word could originally be descriptive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈusʋɑ/, [ˈus̠ʋɑ]
Noun
usva
- Mist, fog.
Usage notes
- The words sumu, usva and utu all describe "water vapor lightly suspended near the ground", but at different degrees. However, they may often be used synonymously with no discretion.
- Utu describes very light vapor near the ground, especially that occurring in the morning and therefore it is translated usually as mist or haze.
- Usva describes a bit thicker vapor than utu near the ground, especially when considering the water travelling conditions. Therefore, it is translated usually as mist, haze or fog.
- Sumu describes very thick vapor obscuring the visibility near the ground and thus, it is translated usually as mist or fog.
Declension
| Inflection of usva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | usva | usvat | |
| genitive | usvan | usvien | |
| partitive | usvaa | usvia | |
| illative | usvaan | usviin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | usva | usvat | |
| accusative | nom. | usva | usvat |
| gen. | usvan | ||
| genitive | usvan | usvien usvainrare | |
| partitive | usvaa | usvia | |
| inessive | usvassa | usvissa | |
| elative | usvasta | usvista | |
| illative | usvaan | usviin | |
| adessive | usvalla | usvilla | |
| ablative | usvalta | usvilta | |
| allative | usvalle | usville | |
| essive | usvana | usvina | |
| translative | usvaksi | usviksi | |
| instructive | — | usvin | |
| abessive | usvatta | usvitta | |
| comitative | — | usvineen | |
Synonyms
- sumu (see the usage notes)
Anagrams
- savu, vasu