vauva
Finnish
Etymology
Imitative of a baby's sound.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑu̯ʋ(ː)ɑ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑuʋːɑ
- Hyphenation: vau‧va
Noun
vauva
- baby (a very young child)
- (informal) a baby animal
Declension
| Inflection of vauva (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vauva | vauvat | |
| genitive | vauvan | vauvojen | |
| partitive | vauvaa | vauvoja | |
| illative | vauvaan | vauvoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vauva | vauvat | |
| accusative | nom. | vauva | vauvat |
| gen. | vauvan | ||
| genitive | vauvan | vauvojen vauvainrare | |
| partitive | vauvaa | vauvoja | |
| inessive | vauvassa | vauvoissa | |
| elative | vauvasta | vauvoista | |
| illative | vauvaan | vauvoihin | |
| adessive | vauvalla | vauvoilla | |
| ablative | vauvalta | vauvoilta | |
| allative | vauvalle | vauvoille | |
| essive | vauvana | vauvoina | |
| translative | vauvaksi | vauvoiksi | |
| instructive | — | vauvoin | |
| abessive | vauvatta | vauvoitta | |
| comitative | — | vauvoineen | |
Compounds
compounds
- kapalovauva
- pikkuvauva
- poikavauva
- sylivauva
- tyttövauva
- vauvaikä
- vauvakirja
- vauvakuume
- vauvalanka
- vauvanvaate
- vauvasaippua
- vauvasampoo
- vauvauinti
- vauvavoide