Isäntä
Isäntä is a Finnish noun meaning host, a master of a household, or the proprietor of property. It is also used in biology to denote a host organism in a host–parasite or host–symbiont relationship. The feminine form is emäntä, and the plurals are isännät and emännät. In everyday language, isäntä commonly refers to the person who hosts guests or runs a home, inn, or farm. In rural contexts, the phrase tilan isäntä is often used to describe the owner-manager of a farm or estate.
Etymology and forms: Isäntä is derived from isä, meaning father, with the agentive or nominalizing suffix -ntä.
Usage notes: In modern Finnish, isäntä denotes the male host or master of the house, while emäntä