government, regime, (US) administration (state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power) · board, board of directors, board of trustees (of almost any organisation including corporations and associations) · ellipsis of kunnanhallitus (“municipal board, board of selectmen”)
çekim: çoğul hallitukset · tamlayan hallituksen
köken: hallita (“to rule, govern, administer”) + -tus. Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (output c. 1543–1552).