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postpositio

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin postpositiō (from postpositum, the passive past participle of postponō), probably via Swedish postposition.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpostˌpositio/, [ˈpo̞s̠tˌpo̞s̠iˌt̪io̞]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Syllabification(key): post‧po‧si‧ti‧o
  • Hyphenation(key): post‧posi‧tio

Noun

postpositio

  1. (grammar) postposition

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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Further reading

  • postpositio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
  • The Finnish language uses a lot of postpositions. For more information, see the Wikipedia article on Finnish grammar.
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