possu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Childish/hypocoristic variant of porsas.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]possu
- (hypocoristic, childish) piggy, pig, piglet
- (hypocoristic, childish) a slovenly person
- (colloquial) pork
Declension
[edit]Inflection of possu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | possu | possut | ||
genitive | possun | possujen | ||
partitive | possua | possuja | ||
illative | possuun | possuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | possu | possut | ||
accusative | nom. | possu | possut | |
gen. | possun | |||
genitive | possun | possujen | ||
partitive | possua | possuja | ||
inessive | possussa | possuissa | ||
elative | possusta | possuista | ||
illative | possuun | possuihin | ||
adessive | possulla | possuilla | ||
ablative | possulta | possuilta | ||
allative | possulle | possuille | ||
essive | possuna | possuina | ||
translative | possuksi | possuiksi | ||
abessive | possutta | possuitta | ||
instructive | — | possuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
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Further reading
[edit]- “possu”, in Kielitoimiston 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–, retrieved 2023-07-03