letto

Finnish

Etymology

Probably derived from letä, the consonant stem for lentää (“to fly”), as *len(nä)ttö.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈletːo/, [ˈle̞t̪ːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -etːo
  • Syllabification(key): let‧to

Noun

letto

  1. fen, a type of treeless swamp

Declension
Inflection of letto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative letto letot
genitive leton lettojen
partitive lettoa lettoja
illative lettoon lettoihin
singular plural
nominative letto letot
accusative nom. letto letot
gen. leton
genitive leton lettojen
partitive lettoa lettoja
inessive letossa letoissa
elative letosta letoista
illative lettoon lettoihin
adessive letolla letoilla
ablative letolta letoilta
allative letolle letoille
essive lettona lettoina
translative letoksi letoiksi
instructive — letoin
abessive letotta letoitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of letto (type valo)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lettoni lettoni
accusative nom. lettoni lettoni
gen. lettoni
genitive lettoni lettojeni
partitive lettoani lettojani
inessive letossani letoissani
elative letostani letoistani
illative lettooni lettoihini
adessive letollani letoillani
ablative letoltani letoiltani
allative letolleni letoilleni
essive lettonani lettoinani
translative letokseni letoikseni
instructive — —
abessive letottani letoittani
comitative — lettoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lettosi lettosi
accusative nom. lettosi lettosi
gen. lettosi
genitive lettosi lettojesi
partitive lettoasi lettojasi
inessive letossasi letoissasi
elative letostasi letoistasi
illative lettoosi lettoihisi
adessive letollasi letoillasi
ablative letoltasi letoiltasi
allative letollesi letoillesi
essive lettonasi lettoinasi
translative letoksesi letoiksesi
instructive — —
abessive letottasi letoittasi
comitative — lettoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lettomme lettomme
accusative nom. lettomme lettomme
gen. lettomme
genitive lettomme lettojemme
partitive lettoamme lettojamme
inessive letossamme letoissamme
elative letostamme letoistamme
illative lettoomme lettoihimme
adessive letollamme letoillamme
ablative letoltamme letoiltamme
allative letollemme letoillemme
essive lettonamme lettoinamme
translative letoksemme letoiksemme
instructive — —
abessive letottamme letoittamme
comitative — lettoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lettonne lettonne
accusative nom. lettonne lettonne
gen. lettonne
genitive lettonne lettojenne
partitive lettoanne lettojanne
inessive letossanne letoissanne
elative letostanne letoistanne
illative lettoonne lettoihinne
adessive letollanne letoillanne
ablative letoltanne letoiltanne
allative letollenne letoillenne
essive lettonanne lettoinanne
translative letoksenne letoiksenne
instructive — —
abessive letottanne letoittanne
comitative — lettoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative lettonsa lettonsa
accusative nom. lettonsa lettonsa
gen. lettonsa
genitive lettonsa lettojensa
partitive lettoaan
lettoansa		 lettojaan
lettojansa
inessive letossaan
letossansa		 letoissaan
letoissansa
elative letostaan
letostansa		 letoistaan
letoistansa
illative lettoonsa lettoihinsa
adessive letollaan
letollansa		 letoillaan
letoillansa
ablative letoltaan
letoltansa		 letoiltaan
letoiltansa
allative letolleen
letollensa		 letoilleen
letoillensa
essive lettonaan
lettonansa		 lettoinaan
lettoinansa
translative letokseen
letoksensa		 letoikseen
letoiksensa
instructive — —
abessive letottaan
letottansa		 letoittaan
letoittansa
comitative — lettoineen
lettoinensa

Synonyms

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛt.to/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtto
  • Hyphenation: lèt‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin lectus (“bed”). Compare French lit, Portuguese leito and Catalan llit.

Noun

letto m (plural letti, diminutive lettìno or lettùccio or letticciòlo, augmentative (uncommon) lettóne, pejorative lettàccio)

  1. (furniture) bed
  2. (potamology, hydrology) riverbed
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Latin lēctus, perfect passive participle of legō.

Participle

letto (feminine letta, masculine plural letti, feminine plural lette)

  1. past participle of leggere (“to read”)

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