Noun type: 2
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | potero |
| Partitive | poteroa |
| Genetive | poteron |
| Accusative | poteron |
| Inessive | poterossa |
| Elative | poterosta |
| Illative | poteroon |
| Adessive | poterolla |
| Ablative | poterolta |
| Allative | poterolle |
| Essive | poterona |
| Translative | poteroksi |
| Abessive | poterotta |
Plural
| Nominative | poterot |
| Partitive | poteroja; poteroita |
| Genetive | poterojen; poteroiden; poteroitten |
| Accusative | poterot |
| Inessive | poteroissa |
| Elative | poteroista |
| Illative | poteroihin |
| Adessive | poteroilla |
| Ablative | poteroilta |
| Allative | poteroille |
| Essive | poteroina |
| Translative | poteroiksi |
| Abessive | poteroitta |
| Instructive | poteroin |
| Comitative | poteroine |
Sample Sentences
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Pikaista edistystä ei ole odotettavissa, koska kumpikin neuvotteleva osapuoli on kaivautunut syvälle poteroihinsa. (Progress is not to be expected anytime soon as both negotiating parties are deeply rooted in their positions.)
Etymology
Derived in some way from dialectal potti (“puddle”) (the modern meaning is through military slang), from dialectal Swedish pått (compare Norwegian pytt, German Pfütze), from Latin puteus (“pit, well”). See: German Nouns '
Pfütze', Latin Nouns '
puteus'.
Nouns inflected like potero
aakkosto,
aaltoilu,
aarteisto,
ahdistelu,
ahmaisu,
aikailu,
aikido,
ailahtelu,
aineisto,
aivosto,
ajattelu,
ajelu,
akusto,
albiino,
alhaiso,
ammuskelu,
angervo,
anniskelu,
annostelu,
arastelu, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)