vaimo

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vaimo, from Proto-Uralic *wajŋe. Cognates include Estonian vaim (spirit). The semantic development to 'wife' is also shared by Karelian vaimo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

vaimo

  1. wife
  2. (archaic) woman, especially an elderly one

Declension

Inflection of vaimo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative vaimo vaimot
genitive vaimon vaimojen
partitive vaimoa vaimoja
illative vaimoon vaimoihin
singular plural
nominative vaimo vaimot
accusative nom. vaimo vaimot
gen. vaimon
genitive vaimon vaimojen
partitive vaimoa vaimoja
inessive vaimossa vaimoissa
elative vaimosta vaimoista
illative vaimoon vaimoihin
adessive vaimolla vaimoilla
ablative vaimolta vaimoilta
allative vaimolle vaimoille
essive vaimona vaimoina
translative vaimoksi vaimoiksi
instructive vaimoin
abessive vaimotta vaimoitta
comitative vaimoineen

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