usva
Finnish
Etymology
Related to variant usma, Karelian usva and Inari Sami osvođ. The word could originally be descriptive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈusʋɑ/, [ˈus̠ʋɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -usʋɑ
- Syllabification(key): us‧va
Usage notes
- The words sumu, usva and utu all describe "water vapor lightly suspended near the ground", but – strictly speaking – at different degrees. However, they may often be used synonymously with no discretion.
- Utu describes very light vapor near the ground, especially that occurring in the morning and therefore it is translated usually as "mist" or "haze".
- Usva describes a bit thicker vapor than utu near the ground, especially when considering the water travelling conditions. Therefore, it is translated usually as "mist", "haze" or "fog".
- Sumu describes very thick vapor obscuring the visibility near the ground and thus, it is translated usually as "mist" or "fog".
Declension
Inflection of usva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | usva | usvat | ||
genitive | usvan | usvien | ||
partitive | usvaa | usvia | ||
illative | usvaan | usviin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | usva | usvat | ||
accusative | nom. | usva | usvat | |
gen. | usvan | |||
genitive | usvan | usvien usvainrare | ||
partitive | usvaa | usvia | ||
inessive | usvassa | usvissa | ||
elative | usvasta | usvista | ||
illative | usvaan | usviin | ||
adessive | usvalla | usvilla | ||
ablative | usvalta | usvilta | ||
allative | usvalle | usville | ||
essive | usvana | usvina | ||
translative | usvaksi | usviksi | ||
abessive | usvatta | usvitta | ||
instructive | — | usvin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
- sumu (see the usage notes)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “usva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
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