# railo
## Finnish
### Etymology

raita (“track”) +‎ -o (< *raiδoi < *raitoi); an obscured derivation from raita (“track”). Has dialectal variants like rairo, raivo, raito, which support an older form *raiδo(i); the literary form is from a dialect in which *δ > l.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɑi̯lo/, [ˈrɑ̝i̯lo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑilo
* Hyphenation: rai‧lo

### Noun

railo
* crack, crevasse (on ice)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of railo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
railoni
railoni
accusative
nom.
railoni
railoni
gen.
railoni
genitive
railoni
railojeni
partitive
railoani
railojani
inessive
railossani
railoissani
elative
railostani
railoistani
illative
railooni
railoihini
adessive
railollani
railoillani
ablative
railoltani
railoiltani
allative
railolleni
railoilleni
essive
railonani
railoinani
translative
railokseni
railoikseni
abessive
railottani
railoittani
instructive
comitative
—railoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
railosi
railosi
accusative
nom.
railosi
railosi
gen.
railosi
genitive
railosi
railojesi
partitive
railoasi
railojasi
inessive
railossasi
railoissasi
elative
railostasi
railoistasi
illative
railoosi
railoihisi
adessive
railollasi
railoillasi
ablative
railoltasi
railoiltasi
allative
railollesi
railoillesi
essive
railonasi
railoinasi
translative
railoksesi
railoiksesi
abessive
railottasi
railoittasi
instructive
comitative
—railoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
railomme
railomme
accusative
nom.
railomme
railomme
gen.
railomme
genitive
railomme
railojemme
partitive
railoamme
railojamme
inessive
railossamme
railoissamme
elative
railostamme
railoistamme
illative
railoomme
railoihimme
adessive
railollamme
railoillamme
ablative
railoltamme
railoiltamme
allative
railollemme
railoillemme
essive
railonamme
railoinamme
translative
railoksemme
railoiksemme
abessive
railottamme
railoittamme
instructive
comitative
—railoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
railonne
railonne
accusative
nom.
railonne
railonne
gen.
railonne
genitive
railonne
railojenne
partitive
railoanne
railojanne
inessive
railossanne
railoissanne
elative
railostanne
railoistanne
illative
railoonne
railoihinne
adessive
railollanne
railoillanne
ablative
railoltanne
railoiltanne
allative
railollenne
railoillenne
essive
railonanne
railoinanne
translative
railoksenne
railoiksenne
abessive
railottanne
railoittanne
instructive
comitative
—railoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
railonsa
railonsa
accusative
nom.
railonsa
railonsa
gen.
railonsa
genitive
railonsa
railojensa
partitive
railoaan railoansa
railojaan railojansa
inessive
railossaan railossansa
railoissaan railoissansa
elative
railostaan railostansa
railoistaan railoistansa
illative
railoonsa
railoihinsa
adessive
railollaan railollansa
railoillaan railoillansa
ablative
railoltaan railoltansa
railoiltaan railoiltansa
allative
railolleen railollensa
railoilleen railoillensa
essive
railonaan railonansa
railoinaan railoinansa
translative
railokseen railoksensa
railoikseen railoiksensa
abessive
railottaan railottansa
railoittaan railoittansa
instructive
comitative
—railoineen railoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* railoilla
* railoinen
* railolossi
* railosilta

### References

* ↑ Heikkilä, Mikko. (2016). Varhaissuomen äännehistorian kronologiasta. Sananjalka, 58(1), 136–158. . p. 143

### Further reading

* “railo”, 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