# lontoo
## Finnish
### Etymology

< Lontoo (“London”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlontoː/, [ˈlo̞n̪t̪o̞ː]
* Rhymes: -ontoː
* Hyphenation: lon‧too

### Noun

lontoo
* Misspelling of Lontoo (“London”).
* (colloquial, humorous) Synonym of englanti (“English, the English language”).
    Synonyms: lontoon kieli, (more common) enkku
    puhua lontoota ― to speak English
** 1997 February 14, Markku Ruponen, “Kun aika on...”, in sfnet.harrastus.musiikki‎ (Usenet):No biisin nimi lontooksi on ainakin A Time For Us .Well the song's name in English at least is A Time For Us.
** 2004 January 11, M.M, “HTTP_IIS_ISAPI Extension????”, in sfnet.atk.turvallisuus.kotikoneet‎ (Usenet):Googlella löytyi tämä sivu [website URL] mutta ku toi mun lontoo [on] aika huono niin saisko apuaI found this page on Google [website URL] but my English is pretty bad so can I get some help
** 2006 April 21, Jukka Relander, “Liikenneturvan mp-raportti”, in sfnet.harrastus.mp‎ (Usenet):> Kysy vaikka keneltä jenkkijuristilta. En puhu lontoota, mutta voin elehtiä.> Ask any American lawyer. I don't speak English, but I can gesticulate.
** 2021, Joona Keskitalo, Tottelemattomat‎, →ISBN:– Ööh, he is my... my secretary. Yes, sihteeri. […] – Mikä helvetin sihteeri? Pete sähisee Maxille. – No, en mä tiennyt, mikä yhtiökumppani on lontooksi."Uh, he is my... my secretary. Yes, secretary. […] " […] "What goddamn 'secretary'?" Pete hisses at Max. "Well, I didn't know what business partner is in English."

#### Declension

Possessive forms of lontoo (Kotus type 17/vapaa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lontooni
accusative
nom.
lontooni
gen.
lontooni
genitive
lontooni
partitive
lontootani
inessive
lontoossani
elative
lontoostani
illative
lontooseeni
adessive
lontoollani
ablative
lontooltani
allative
lontoolleni
essive
lontoonani
translative
lontookseni
abessive
lontoottani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lontoosi
accusative
nom.
lontoosi
gen.
lontoosi
genitive
lontoosi
partitive
lontootasi
inessive
lontoossasi
elative
lontoostasi
illative
lontooseesi
adessive
lontoollasi
ablative
lontooltasi
allative
lontoollesi
essive
lontoonasi
translative
lontooksesi
abessive
lontoottasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lontoomme
accusative
nom.
lontoomme
gen.
lontoomme
genitive
lontoomme
partitive
lontootamme
inessive
lontoossamme
elative
lontoostamme
illative
lontooseemme
adessive
lontoollamme
ablative
lontooltamme
allative
lontoollemme
essive
lontoonamme
translative
lontooksemme
abessive
lontoottamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lontoonne
accusative
nom.
lontoonne
gen.
lontoonne
genitive
lontoonne
partitive
lontootanne
inessive
lontoossanne
elative
lontoostanne
illative
lontooseenne
adessive
lontoollanne
ablative
lontooltanne
allative
lontoollenne
essive
lontoonanne
translative
lontooksenne
abessive
lontoottanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lontoonsa
accusative
nom.
lontoonsa
gen.
lontoonsa
genitive
lontoonsa
partitive
lontootaan lontootansa
inessive
lontoossaan lontoossansa
elative
lontoostaan lontoostansa
illative
lontooseensa
adessive
lontoollaan lontoollansa
ablative
lontooltaan lontooltansa
allative
lontoolleen lontoollensa
essive
lontoonaan lontoonansa
translative
lontookseen lontooksensa
abessive
lontoottaan lontoottansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* lontoonkielinen

### See also

* Lontoon englanti (“London English, Londonese”).