vauva

Finnish

Etymology

Imitative of a baby's sound.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑu̯ʋ(ː)ɑ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑuʋːɑ
  • Hyphenation: vau‧va

Noun

vauva

  1. baby (a very young child)
  2. (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

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