# revontulet
## Finnish
### Etymology

revon (“fox's”) +‎ tulet (“fires”); from the archaic belief that the northern lights are a reflection of the fur of a "firefox"; see tulikettu. Cognate with Ingrian revontulet, Karelian revontulet, rebontulet, rebointuled, Livvi rebointuli and Ludian revontuled.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈreʋonˌtulet/, [ˈre̞ʋo̞n̪ˌt̪ule̞t̪]
* Rhymes: -ulet
* Hyphenation: revon‧tulet

### Noun

revontulet pl
* aurora (atmospheric phenomenon around magnetic poles of the Earth, created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere)
** northern lights, aurora borealis (this phenomenon on the northern hemisphere)
** southern lights, aurora australis (this phenomenon on the southern hemisphere)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of revontulet (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
revontuleni
accusative
nom.
revontuleni
gen.
genitive
revontulieni revontulteni
partitive
revontuliani
inessive
revontulissani
elative
revontulistani
illative
revontuliini
adessive
revontulillani
ablative
revontuliltani
allative
revontulilleni
essive
revontulinani
translative
revontulikseni
abessive
revontulittani
instructive
comitative
—revontulineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
revontulesi
accusative
nom.
revontulesi
gen.
genitive
revontuliesi revontultesi
partitive
revontuliasi
inessive
revontulissasi
elative
revontulistasi
illative
revontuliisi
adessive
revontulillasi
ablative
revontuliltasi
allative
revontulillesi
essive
revontulinasi
translative
revontuliksesi
abessive
revontulittasi
instructive
comitative
—revontulinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
revontulemme
accusative
nom.
revontulemme
gen.
genitive
revontuliemme revontultemme
partitive
revontuliamme
inessive
revontulissamme
elative
revontulistamme
illative
revontuliimme
adessive
revontulillamme
ablative
revontuliltamme
allative
revontulillemme
essive
revontulinamme
translative
revontuliksemme
abessive
revontulittamme
instructive
comitative
—revontulinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
revontulenne
accusative
nom.
revontulenne
gen.
genitive
revontulienne revontultenne
partitive
revontulianne
inessive
revontulissanne
elative
revontulistanne
illative
revontuliinne
adessive
revontulillanne
ablative
revontuliltanne
allative
revontulillenne
essive
revontulinanne
translative
revontuliksenne
abessive
revontulittanne
instructive
comitative
—revontulinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
revontulensa
accusative
nom.
revontulensa
gen.
genitive
revontuliensa revontultensa
partitive
revontuliaan revontuliansa
inessive
revontulissaan revontulissansa
elative
revontulistaan revontulistansa
illative
revontuliinsa
adessive
revontulillaan revontulillansa
ablative
revontuliltaan revontuliltansa
allative
revontulilleen revontulillensa
essive
revontulinaan revontulinansa
translative
revontulikseen revontuliksensa
abessive
revontulittaan revontulittansa
instructive
comitative
—revontulineen revontulinensa :

#### Derived terms

* revontulitutkimus

### Further reading

* “revontulet”, 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
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic [Term?], equivalent to revon (“fox's”) +‎ tulet (“fires”); from a traditional belief that northern lights are a reflection of a firefox's fur. Cognates include Finnish revontulet and Karelian revontulet.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈreʋonˌtulet/, [ˈre̞ʋo̞nˌtuɫe̞d]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈreʋoi̯nˌtulet/, [ˈre̞ʋo̞i̯nˌd̥uɫe̞d̥]
* Rhymes: -ulet
* Hyphenation: re‧von‧tu‧let

### Noun

revontulet
* aurora

#### Declension
### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 475