varjo
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *varjo (compare Estonian vari, Livonian vōŕ), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *warjǭ or derived in Finnic from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (whence Finnish varjella, with a frequentative suffix, and Swedish värja (“to defend”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrjo/, [ˈʋɑrjo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑrjo
- Syllabification(key): var‧jo
Noun
varjo
- shade
- shadow
- Short for sateenvarjo (“umbrella”).
- Short for päivänvarjo (“parasol”).
Declension
| Inflection of varjo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | varjo | varjot | |
| genitive | varjon | varjojen | |
| partitive | varjoa | varjoja | |
| illative | varjoon | varjoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | varjo | varjot | |
| accusative | nom. | varjo | varjot |
| gen. | varjon | ||
| genitive | varjon | varjojen | |
| partitive | varjoa | varjoja | |
| inessive | varjossa | varjoissa | |
| elative | varjosta | varjoista | |
| illative | varjoon | varjoihin | |
| adessive | varjolla | varjoilla | |
| ablative | varjolta | varjoilta | |
| allative | varjolle | varjoille | |
| essive | varjona | varjoina | |
| translative | varjoksi | varjoiksi | |
| instructive | — | varjoin | |
| abessive | varjotta | varjoitta | |
| comitative | — | varjoineen | |
| Possessive forms of varjo (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | varjoni | varjomme |
| 2nd person | varjosi | varjonne |
| 3rd person | varjonsa | |
Derived terms
- jättää varjoonsa (“to dwarf”)
- varjoisa
- varjolla (“under the pretext of”)
- varjostaa
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *varjo.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑrʝo/, [ˈvɑrʝo]
- Rhymes: -ɑrʝo
- Hyphenation: var‧jo
Noun
varjo
- shade
- shadow
- shelter
- mirror
- Synonym: špeili
Inflection
| Declension of varjo (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | varjo | varjod |
| genitive | varjo | varjoje, varjojõ, varjoi |
| partitive | varjoa | varjoitõ, varjoi |
| illative | varjo, varjosõ | varjoje, varjojõ, varjoisõ |
| inessive | varjoz | varjoiz |
| elative | varjossõ | varjoissõ |
| allative | varjolõ | varjoilõ |
| adessive | varjollõ | varjoillõ |
| ablative | varjoltõ | varjoiltõ |
| translative | varjossi | varjoissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “varjo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn