ahto

See also: Ahto

Finnish

Noun

ahto

  1. action noun of the verb ahtaa (“to cram, to turbocharge”)
  2. (music) stretto (presence of two close or overlapping statements of the subject of a fugue)

Declension
Inflection of ahto (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative ahto ahdot
genitive ahdon ahtojen
partitive ahtoa ahtoja
illative ahtoon ahtoihin
singular plural
nominative ahto ahdot
accusative nom. ahto ahdot
gen. ahdon
genitive ahdon ahtojen
partitive ahtoa ahtoja
inessive ahdossa ahdoissa
elative ahdosta ahdoista
illative ahtoon ahtoihin
adessive ahdolla ahdoilla
ablative ahdolta ahdoilta
allative ahdolle ahdoille
essive ahtona ahtoina
translative ahdoksi ahdoiksi
instructive — ahdoin
abessive ahdotta ahdoitta
comitative — ahtoineen

Usage notes

In current Finnish this noun is almost exclusively used in compound terms.

Synonyms
  • ahtaminen

Derived terms

Compounds

Anagrams

Old High German
Old High German cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : ahto

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōu (whence also Old English eahta, Old Norse átta), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

ahto

  1. eight

Descendants

Old Saxon
Old Saxon cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : ahto

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

ahto

  1. eight

Descendants
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