elutuba

Estonian

Etymology

elu (“life”) +‎ tuba (“room”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeluˌtub̥ɑ/, [ˈeluˌtub̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ubɑ
• Hyphenation: elu‧tu‧ba

Noun

elutuba (genitive elutoa, partitive elutuba)

1. living room

Declension

Declension of elutuba (ÕS type 18e/tuba, b-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		elutuba	elutoad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	elutoa
genitive			elutubade
partitive		elutuba	elutube elutubasid
illative		elutuppa elutoasse	elutubadesse
inessive		elutoas	elutubades
elative		elutoast	elutubadest
allative		elutoale	elutubadele
adessive		elutoal	elutubadel
ablative		elutoalt	elutubadelt
translative		elutoaks	elutubadeks
terminative		elutoani	elutubadeni
essive		elutoana	elutubadena
abessive		elutoata	elutubadeta
comitative		elutoaga	elutubadega

Compounds

• elutoakomplekt
• elutoamööbel

 

References

• elutuba in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “elutuba”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009