Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from keijua, possibly originally as a shortening of keijukainen (rather than the other way around).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkei̯ju/, [ˈk̟e̞i̯j(ː)u]
- Rhymes: -eiju
- Syllabification(key): kei‧ju
- Hyphenation(key): kei‧ju
Noun
[edit]keiju
- fairy (mythical being)
- storm petrel (any seabird in the family Oceanitidae or Hydrobatidae, formerly considered as one)
- (zoology) southern storm petrel (bird of the family Oceanitidae)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of keiju (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | keiju | keijut | |
| genitive | keijun | keijujen | |
| partitive | keijua | keijuja | |
| illative | keijuun | keijuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | keiju | keijut | |
| accusative | nom. | keiju | keijut |
| gen. | keijun | ||
| genitive | keijun | keijujen | |
| partitive | keijua | keijuja | |
| inessive | keijussa | keijuissa | |
| elative | keijusta | keijuista | |
| illative | keijuun | keijuihin | |
| adessive | keijulla | keijuilla | |
| ablative | keijulta | keijuilta | |
| allative | keijulle | keijuille | |
| essive | keijuna | keijuina | |
| translative | keijuksi | keijuiksi | |
| abessive | keijutta | keijuitta | |
| instructive | — | keijuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- azorienkeiju
- etelänkeiju
- galapagosinkeiju
- guadalupenkeiju
- hammaskeiju
- harmaakeiju
- havaijinkeiju
- isokeiju
- kaliforniankeiju
- kauluskeiju
- keijukorento
- keijunkukka
- keijupöly
- keijusalama
- kääpiökeiju
- madeirankeiju
- merikeiju
- mustakeiju
- myrskykeiju
- nokikeiju
- pikkuetelänkeiju
- pikkukeiju
- polynesiankeiju
- tonnikeiju
- tyrskykeiju
- ulappakeiju
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “keiju”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Tetum
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese queijo, from Old Galician-Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseus, see there for more.
Noun
[edit]keiju
- cheese (dairy product)
References
[edit]- “keiju”, in Dicionário infopédia: Tetum-English, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
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