mustalainen
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]musta (“black”) + -lainen. Compare Estonian mustlane.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mustalainen
- (varying from neutral to pejorative) gypsy
Usage notes
[edit]While many of the Finnish Roma community accept this term, it is official and better accepted to use the term romani.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mustalainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mustalainen | mustalaiset | |
genitive | mustalaisen | mustalaisten mustalaisien | |
partitive | mustalaista | mustalaisia | |
illative | mustalaiseen | mustalaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mustalainen | mustalaiset | |
accusative | nom. | mustalainen | mustalaiset |
gen. | mustalaisen | ||
genitive | mustalaisen | mustalaisten mustalaisien | |
partitive | mustalaista | mustalaisia | |
inessive | mustalaisessa | mustalaisissa | |
elative | mustalaisesta | mustalaisista | |
illative | mustalaiseen | mustalaisiin | |
adessive | mustalaisella | mustalaisilla | |
ablative | mustalaiselta | mustalaisilta | |
allative | mustalaiselle | mustalaisille | |
essive | mustalaisena | mustalaisina | |
translative | mustalaiseksi | mustalaisiksi | |
abessive | mustalaisetta | mustalaisitta | |
instructive | — | mustalaisin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- See: romani
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mustalainen”, 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