kello

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *kello (compare Karelian kello, Ludian kello, Veps kelo), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”) (compare German Schelle and Swedish skälla (“bell”)). The original sense is “bell”; the second sense “clock” developed from the fact that time was traditionally marked by church bells, not clocks with displays (the exact same development took place in Swedish klocka and English clock). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkelːo/, [ˈk̟e̞lːo̞] Rhymes: -elːo Syllabification(key): kel‧lo Hyphenation(key): kel‧lo === Noun === kello clock (instrument used to measure time) watch (portable or wearable timepiece) Synonyms: rannekello, taskukello timer (device that gives an alarm after a specified time) Synonym: ajastin munakello ― egg timer o'clock (when indicating time) Kello on kahdeksan. ― It's eight o'clock. (literally, “The clock is eight.”) kello kahdelta ― at two o'clock (literally, “at clock two”) time (when asking the time or telling exact time) Paljonko kello on? ― What's the time? (literally, “How much is the clock?”) Kello on 20:32. ― The time is 8:32 pm. clock (metaphor for regularity) Hän tuli joka päivä kellon tarkkuudella. ― He arrived every day with clocklike regularity. (nautical, aviation) o'clock (used to indicate direction in relation to the vessel's position so that 12 is straight ahead and 6 is straight behind) Tunnistamaton lentokone kello kahdessa! ― An unidentified aeroplane at two o'clock! bell (object made of metal or other hard material, which resonates when struck) Synonym: soittokello vahinko ei tule kello kaulassa Kenelle kello soi? ― For whom the bell tolls? bell (signal at a school) funnel, horn (any bell-shaped object) Synonyms: see suppilo (music) bell (part of a brass instrument) bellflower (plant of the genus Campanula) harakankello ― spreading bellflower, C. patula hirvenkello ― bristly bellflower, C. cervicaria kiirunankello ― arctic bellflower, C. uniflora kissankello ― bluebell, harebell, C. rotundifolia kurjenkello ― peach-leaved bellflower, C. persicifolia peurankello ― clustered bellflower, C. glomerata ukonkello ― wide-leaved bellflower, C. latifolia varsankello ― nettle-leaved bellflower, C. trachelium vuohenkello ― creeping bellflower, C. rapunculoides flared skirt, bell skirt blister, bulla ==== Usage notes ==== (o'clock): When used before a numeral, kello is not inflected. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kello”, 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 == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *kello. Cognates include Finnish kello and Karelian kello. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkelːo/, [ˈke̞ɫːŏ̞̥] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkelːo/, [ˈke̞ɫːo̞] Rhymes: -elːo Hyphenation: kel‧lo === Noun === kello bell löövvä kelloa ― to sound the bell ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Fedor Tumansky (1790), “келло”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 675 Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 152 == Karelian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *kello. Cognates include Finnish kello and Veps kel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkelːo/ Hyphenation: kel‧lo === Noun === kello (genitive kellon, partitive kelluo) bell (North Karelian) clock (North Karelian) time ==== Declension ==== === References === A. V. Punzhina (1994), “kello”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “kello”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 51 Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “kello”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN