toonela

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish tuonela during the 19th century.

Noun

toonela (genitive toonela, partitive toonelat)

  1. underworld; the place where people go after dying according to the Finnic mythology.
  2. (figuratively, poetic) death
    Ta on toonelasse läinud.
    He's dead. (lit. "He's gone to the underworld")

Declension
Inflection of toonela (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative toonela toonelad
accusative toonela toonelad
genitive toonela toonelate
partitive toonelat toonelaid
illative toonelasse toonelatesse
toonelaisse
inessive toonelas toonelates
toonelais
elative toonelast toonelatest
toonelaist
allative toonelale toonelatele
toonelaile
adessive toonelal toonelatel
toonelail
ablative toonelalt toonelatelt
toonelailt
translative toonelaks toonelateks
toonelaiks
terminative toonelani toonelateni
essive toonelana toonelatena
abessive toonelata toonelateta
comitative toonelaga toonelatega

Synonyms
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