usea
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *usëda. Cognates include Ingrian ussia, Karelian usie and Votic usõa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]usea (comparative useampi, superlative usein)
- many, several, a lot (of)
- Useat (meistä) ovat huolissaan asiasta.
- Many (of us) are worried about this matter.
- Pyysin häntä mukaan useita kertoja, mutta hän ei lähtenyt.
- I asked her to come along several times, but she didn't.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of usea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | usea | useat | |
| genitive | usean | useiden useitten | |
| partitive | useaa useata |
useita | |
| illative | useaan | useisiin useihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | usea | useat | |
| accusative | nom. | usea | useat |
| gen. | usean | ||
| genitive | usean | useiden useitten useain rare | |
| partitive | useaa useata |
useita | |
| inessive | useassa | useissa | |
| elative | useasta | useista | |
| illative | useaan | useisiin useihin | |
| adessive | usealla | useilla | |
| ablative | usealta | useilta | |
| allative | usealle | useille | |
| essive | useana | useina | |
| translative | useaksi | useiksi | |
| abessive | useatta | useitta | |
| instructive | — | usein | |
| comitative | — | useine | |
Alternative forms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “usea”, 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 2023-07-04