aurinko

See also: Aurinko

Finnish

Etymology

Originally an innovation of the western dialects of Finnish (replacing päivä). Attested in written sources since the 1500s. Formed with the suffix +‎ -nko from a root of unknown origin, for which proposed etymologies include:

  • A variant of auer. [1]
  • from Baltic languages (compare Lithuanian aušrà (“dawn”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯riŋko/
  • Hyphenation: au‧rin‧ko

Noun

aurinko

  1. The Sun.
  2. A sun.
  3. As a modifier in compound terms (in nominative or genitive singular) signifies solar, sun- or helio-.

Declension

Inflection of aurinko (Kotus type 1/valo, nk-ng gradation)
nominative aurinko auringot
genitive auringon aurinkojen
partitive aurinkoa aurinkoja
illative aurinkoon aurinkoihin
singular plural
nominative aurinko auringot
accusative nom. aurinko auringot
gen. auringon
genitive auringon aurinkojen
partitive aurinkoa aurinkoja
inessive auringossa auringoissa
elative auringosta auringoista
illative aurinkoon aurinkoihin
adessive auringolla auringoilla
ablative auringolta auringoilta
allative auringolle auringoille
essive aurinkona aurinkoina
translative auringoksi auringoiksi
instructive — auringoin
abessive auringotta auringoitta
comitative — aurinkoineen

Derived terms

Compounds

References

  1. ↑ Saarikivi, Janne. 2010. "ystävästä, uskosta ja vokaaleista". In: Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 259: 249–263.
  • aurinko in Kielitoimiston sanakirja

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