neiti
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *neiti, from Proto-Uralic *nejde (“girl, daughter”). Cognates with Estonian neid (“miss, girl”), Inari Sami nieidâ (“girl”), and Forest Enets [script needed] (nere-kétschu, “lass, female child”). Compare Proto-Uralic *näxi (“woman, female”) or *naje (“woman”). In this etymology, the lexeme neiti would have the same Proto-Uralic stem as nainen and naida.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnei̯ti/, [ˈne̞i̯t̪i]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eiti
- Syllabification(key): nei‧ti
Noun
neiti
- Miss (title of an unmarried woman)
- neiti Nieminen ― Miss Nieminen
- Miss (polite form of address for a young female stranger; also used to address a female waiter but now somewhat dated in this sense)
- Neiti! Saisimmeko laskun?
- Waiter! May we have the bill, please?
- miss, young lady (a young woman or girl, especially one of sophistication)
- (informal, derogatory) girly, wimp (a mildly derogatory term for an effeminate, weak, or sensitive, person)
Declension
| Inflection of neiti (Kotus type 5*F/risti, t-d gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | neiti | neidit | ||
| genitive | neidin | neitien | ||
| partitive | neitiä | neitejä | ||
| illative | neitiin | neiteihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | neiti | neidit | ||
| accusative | nom. | neiti | neidit | |
| gen. | neidin | |||
| genitive | neidin | neitien | ||
| partitive | neitiä | neitejä | ||
| inessive | neidissä | neideissä | ||
| elative | neidistä | neideistä | ||
| illative | neitiin | neiteihin | ||
| adessive | neidillä | neideillä | ||
| ablative | neidiltä | neideiltä | ||
| allative | neidille | neideille | ||
| essive | neitinä | neiteinä | ||
| translative | neidiksi | neideiksi | ||
| abessive | neidittä | neideittä | ||
| instructive | — | neidein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Archaic declension:
Declension of neiti (irregular)
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Further reading
- “neiti”, 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 2023-07-03
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈnei̯ti/, [ˈne̞i̯tʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈnei̯ti/, [ˈne̞i̯d̥i]
- Rhymes: -ei̯tʲ, -ei̯ti
- Hyphenation: nei‧ti
Noun
neiti
- maid, maiden (girl or unmarried young woman)
- 1915, Volmari Porkka, quoting Justiina, “777. Narvusi, Pärspää, II185”, in Väinö Salminen, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot, volume III1, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 1-2:
- Neiti linnassa lässii, // Savoin maalla sairastelloo;
- A lass is sick in the city, // She was sick in the land of the Savos;
Declension
| Declension of neiti (type 5/vahti, eit-eij gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | neiti | neijit |
| genitive | neijin | neitiin, neitilöin |
| partitive | neitiä | neitijä, neitilöjä |
| illative | neitii | neitii, neitilöihe |
| inessive | neijiis | neitiis, neitilöis |
| elative | neijist | neitiist, neitilöist |
| allative | neijille | neitiille, neitilöille |
| adessive | neijiil | neitiil, neitilöil |
| ablative | neijilt | neitiilt, neitilöilt |
| translative | neijiks | neitiiks, neitilöiks |
| essive | neitinnä, neitiin | neitiinnä, neitilöinnä, neitiin, neitilöin |
| exessive1) | neitint | neitiint, neitilöint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
See also
- tyttö (“girl, lass”)
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 338
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