isäntä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *icäntä. Equivalent to isä (“father”) +‎ -ntä. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈisæntæ/, [ˈis̠æn̪t̪æ] Rhymes: -isæntæ Syllabification(key): i‧sän‧tä Hyphenation(key): isän‧tä === Noun === isäntä master, lord, householder (of a household or estate) husband (owner and master of a farm) host (of an occasion or establishment; one who is entertaining guests) (biology) host, host organism (organism that harbours another organism - often but not always a parasite - and supplies it with nutrients) Synonym: isäntäeliö (informal) husband, hubby (jocular but affectionate term for one's male partner) Synonyms: aviomies, mies, ukko ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === emäntä === Further reading === “isäntä”, 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 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === näistä == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *icäntä. Cognates include Finnish isäntä and Estonian isand. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈisæntæ/, [ˈis̠æˑnt] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈisæntæ/, [ˈiʒ̥æˑnd̥æ] Rhymes: -isænt, -isæntæ Hyphenation: i‧sän‧tä === Noun === isäntä lord of the house (nautical) owner of a ship ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (lord of the house): peremees (owner of a ship): alusmees, peremees ==== Coordinate terms ==== emäntä (“lady of the house”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 96