risu
See also: rīsu
Corsican
Noun
risu m
References
- “risu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Finnish
Etymology
Probably ris- + -u, from risahtaa, thus onomatopoeic of the snapping sound made by dry twigs. Germanic origin has been proposed (compare Icelandic hrís (“brushwood”) and Swedish ris (“twigs in a heap”)), but considered unlikely for phonetic reasons.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrisu/, [ˈris̠u]
- Rhymes: -isu
- Syllabification(key): ri‧su
- Hyphenation(key): ri‧su
Noun
risu
- stick, dry twig
- brickbat (criticism or uncomplimentary remark)
- Aikakauslehdissä on usein "ruusuja ja risuja" -niminen osasto kehuja ja kritiikkiä varten.
- It's quite common for magazines to have a section called Bouquets and Brickbats for compliments and criticisms.
Declension
| Inflection of risu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | risu | risut | |
| genitive | risun | risujen | |
| partitive | risua | risuja | |
| illative | risuun | risuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | risu | risut | |
| accusative | nom. | risu | risut |
| gen. | risun | ||
| genitive | risun | risujen | |
| partitive | risua | risuja | |
| inessive | risussa | risuissa | |
| elative | risusta | risuista | |
| illative | risuun | risuihin | |
| adessive | risulla | risuilla | |
| ablative | risulta | risuilta | |
| allative | risulle | risuille | |
| essive | risuna | risuina | |
| translative | risuksi | risuiksi | |
| abessive | risutta | risuitta | |
| instructive | — | risuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
- risuaita
- risueste
- risukarhi
- risukasa
- risukimppu
- risulaukka
- risuluuta
- risumaja
- risumatto
- risumerta
- risuoja
- risuparta
- risupartainen
- risupato
- risupesä
- risusavotta
- risutukki
- risuäes
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
- “risu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
risu
Latin
Noun
rīsū
- ablative singular of rīsus
Old Norse
Verb
risu
- third-person plural past active indicative of rísa
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
risu (Cyrillic spelling рису)
- dative/locative singular of ris