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Appendix:Variations of "sto" Finnish Etymology From earlier fi *-s-ta-i, from fi -s nominal + fi -ta (akin to fi -ea << urj-pro *-e-ta, like in fi -usta) + fi -i nominal, all noun-forming suffixes. Suffix noun stö Forms collective nouns from nouns indicating individual things. fi kirja book kirjasto library fi laiva ship laivasto fleet fi puu tree puisto park fi puu tree puusto forest cover fi oppi education, doctrine opisto academy, institute Usage notes Commonly, though not always, attached to the plural stem of nouns. Declension The most common genitive and partitive plural forms for fi -sto nouns are fi -stojen and fi -stoja, which correspond to declension type 1 (fi valo). Kielitoimiston sanakirja classifies many but not all three-syllable words with this suffix as type 2 (fi palvelu) despite the fact that the forms ending in fi -stoiden/fi -stoitten and fi -stoita are rarely used in practice. -st o a -sto a Derived terms fi References Ingrian Etymology Akin to fi -sto. Pronunciation Suffix -stö Used to form collective nouns. izh noori young nooristo youth Declension st ss Derived terms izh