risu

See also: rīsu

Finnish

Etymology

Probably from a Germanic language, compare Icelandic hrís (“brushwood”) and Swedish ris (“twigs in a heap”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrisu/, [ˈris̠u]

Noun

risu

  1. stick, dry twig
  2. 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)
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
instructive — risuin
abessive risutta risuitta
comitative — risuineen

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • risukasa
  • risukimppu
  • risukko
  • risulaukka
  • risumaja
  • risumatto
  • risumerta
  • risunki
  • risuoja
  • risuparta
  • risupato
  • risupesä
  • risusavotta
  • risuttaa

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

risu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of りす

Latin

Noun

rīsū

  1. ablative singular of rīsus
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