vaivaisukko
Finnish
The pauper statue of the church of Nurmo, Finland
Etymology
vaivais- + ukko
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑi̯ʋɑi̯sˌukːo/, [ˈʋɑi̯ʋɑi̯s̠ˌukːo̞]
- Rhymes: -ukːo
- Syllabification(key): vai‧vais‧uk‧ko
Noun
vaivaisukko
- pauper statue (alms box in the form of carved wooden statue on the outside wall of a church in Finland and in Sweden, erected from the 17th to 19th century for collecting money for the poor)
Declension
| Inflection of vaivaisukko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vaivaisukko | vaivaisukot | |
| genitive | vaivaisukon | vaivaisukkojen | |
| partitive | vaivaisukkoa | vaivaisukkoja | |
| illative | vaivaisukkoon | vaivaisukkoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vaivaisukko | vaivaisukot | |
| accusative | nom. | vaivaisukko | vaivaisukot |
| gen. | vaivaisukon | ||
| genitive | vaivaisukon | vaivaisukkojen | |
| partitive | vaivaisukkoa | vaivaisukkoja | |
| inessive | vaivaisukossa | vaivaisukoissa | |
| elative | vaivaisukosta | vaivaisukoista | |
| illative | vaivaisukkoon | vaivaisukkoihin | |
| adessive | vaivaisukolla | vaivaisukoilla | |
| ablative | vaivaisukolta | vaivaisukoilta | |
| allative | vaivaisukolle | vaivaisukoille | |
| essive | vaivaisukkona | vaivaisukkoina | |
| translative | vaivaisukoksi | vaivaisukoiksi | |
| instructive | — | vaivaisukoin | |
| abessive | vaivaisukotta | vaivaisukoitta | |
| comitative | — | vaivaisukkoineen | |
| Possessive forms of vaivaisukko (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | vaivaisukkoni | vaivaisukkomme |
| 2nd person | vaivaisukkosi | vaivaisukkonne |
| 3rd person | vaivaisukkonsa | |