kalvo
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kalvo, from Proto-Uralic *kaĺwɜ (“membrane”). Cognate with Hungarian hályog.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kalvo
- film, membrane, pellicle (thin layer)
- (anatomy) membrane (enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film)
- (anatomy) diaphragm (separating membrane or sheet of muscle)
- Hyponym: pallea (“(thoracic) diaphragm”)
- (mechanics) membrane, diaphragm (mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate)
- (acoustics) diaphragm (vibrating membrane in a speaker)
- (chemistry) diaphragm (permeable or semipermeable membrane)
- (dated or historical) Ellipsis of piirtoheitinkalvo (“overhead projector sheet”).
- (photography) slide (transparent image for projecting)
- (computing) slide (page of a computer presentation or slideshow)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kalvo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kalvo | kalvot | |
genitive | kalvon | kalvojen | |
partitive | kalvoa | kalvoja | |
illative | kalvoon | kalvoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kalvo | kalvot | |
accusative | nom. | kalvo | kalvot |
gen. | kalvon | ||
genitive | kalvon | kalvojen | |
partitive | kalvoa | kalvoja | |
inessive | kalvossa | kalvoissa | |
elative | kalvosta | kalvoista | |
illative | kalvoon | kalvoihin | |
adessive | kalvolla | kalvoilla | |
ablative | kalvolta | kalvoilta | |
allative | kalvolle | kalvoille | |
essive | kalvona | kalvoina | |
translative | kalvoksi | kalvoiksi | |
abessive | kalvotta | kalvoitta | |
instructive | — | kalvoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
- aivokalvo
- alkiokalvo
- alumiinikalvo
- basilaarikalvo
- emätinkalvo
- heijastinkalvo
- herakalvo
- immenkalvo
- juurikalvo
- kalvoesitys
- kalvohousut
- kalvojänne
- kalvolevy
- kalvonäppäimistö
- kalvopeite
- kalvopeitteinen
- kalvopumppu
- kalvopäällysteinen
- kalvosoitin
- kalvosokkelo
- kalvotakki
- kalvotekniikka
- kalvotulehdus
- kalvovaahto
- kantakalvo
- katokalvo
- kehäkalvo
- kiristekalvo
- kovakalvo
- kuorikalvo
- kutistekalvo
- lihaskalvo
- limakalvo
- luentokalvo
- lukinkalvo
- luukalvo
- metallikalvo
- muovikalvo
- näytönsuojakalvo
- ohutkalvo
- ohutkalvotekniikka
- ohutkalvotransistori
- pehmeäkalvo
- pehmytkalvo
- peitinkalvo
- piirtoheitinkalvo
- puolikalvoinen
- rasvakalvo
- rumpukalvo
- sarveiskalvo
- selailukalvo
- selkäydinkalvo
- selluloosakalvo
- sidekalvo
- sikiökalvo
- sisäkalvo
- solukalvo
- suojakalvo
- suonikalvo
- sydämen sisäkalvo
- tyvikalvo
- tärykalvo
- vatsakalvo
- verkkokalvo
- vesikalvo
- vilkkukalvo
- välikalvo
- värikalvo
- öljykalvo
Further reading
[edit]- “kalvo”, 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 2023-07-02
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