hoitaa(“to care, nurse, take care of”) +‎-o

• IPA^(key):/ˈhoi̯to/,[ˈho̞i̯t̪o̞]
• Rhymes:-oito
• Hyphenation^(key):hoi‧to

hoito

1. care(treatment of those in need)
2. care(maintenance, upkeep)

   hammashoito ―dentalcare

3. nurture(act of nursing)
4. treatment,cure,therapy,remedy(method of healing a disease or disability)

   Synonyms:terapia,interventio(jargon)

5. handling,management(manner of dealing with a situation, problem etc.)
6. (slang)one-night stand(casualsexual partner)

   Synonym:pano

• hoitaja

• “hoito”, inKielitoimiston 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–, retrieved2023-07-02

FromProto-Finnic*hoito, equivalent tohoitaa(“to care”) +‎-o. Cognates includeFinnishhoito.

• (Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key):/ˈhoi̯to/,[ˈho̞i̯tŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola)IPA^(key):/ˈhoi̯to/,[ˈho̞i̯d̥o̞]
• Rhymes:-oi̯to
• Hyphenation:hoi‧to

hoito

1. care
2. place forsafekeeping

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page65