luona

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Noun

luona f

  1. wool

Finnish

Etymology

From luo +‎ -na, locative inflection.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: luo‧na

Postposition

(genitive +) luona (+ possessive suffix) luona

  1. (static) at sb's (place):
    Yövyin Pekan luona.
    I spent the night at Pekka's. (cf. luokse, luo)
    Pekka yöpyi minun luonani.
    Pekka spent the night at my place.
  2. (static) by, near, close to; in front of, outside:
    Tapasimme aseman luona.
    We bumped into each other by/in front of/outside the station.
Inflection
Declension of luona
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative luo- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive luota –sublative – –
accusative – –lative luo –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – –
allative – –prolative – –
essive luona –situative – –
translative luokse –oppositive – –
instructive – –
abessive – –
comitative – –

Usage notes

If the head word is a personal pronoun, luona takes a possessive suffix. In first and 2nd person the personal pronoun may be omitted, and in such cases the person is only indicated by the possessive suffix.

Synonyms

  • See the inflection table.

Anagrams

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