nysse
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a Tampere dialect contraction of nyt (“now”) + se (“it”). According to a 1980s anecdote it was mistaken for a noun by a visitor to Tampere who heard natives say at the bus stop nysse tulee (“now it comes”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nysse (colloquial)
- bus, particularly one that is part of the public transport system of Tampere.
- 2016 Vaikuttaako koko? Aamulehti August 18, 2016, Number 225(43866), page A1:
- Tampereen nysseissä isommatkin hurtat ovat nykyään sallittuja, mutta toteutuuko käytäntö tositilanteessa?
- In the buses of Tampere even big dogs are allowed today, but is the practice followed in a real life situation?
- 2016 Vaikuttaako koko? Aamulehti August 18, 2016, Number 225(43866), page A1:
Declension[edit]
Inflection of nysse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nysse | nysset | ||
genitive | nyssen | nyssejen | ||
partitive | nysseä | nyssejä | ||
illative | nysseen | nysseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nysse | nysset | ||
accusative | nom. | nysse | nysset | |
gen. | nyssen | |||
genitive | nyssen | nyssejen nyssein rare | ||
partitive | nysseä | nyssejä | ||
inessive | nyssessä | nysseissä | ||
elative | nyssestä | nysseistä | ||
illative | nysseen | nysseihin | ||
adessive | nyssellä | nysseillä | ||
ablative | nysseltä | nysseiltä | ||
allative | nysselle | nysseille | ||
essive | nyssenä | nysseinä | ||
translative | nysseksi | nysseiksi | ||
abessive | nyssettä | nysseittä | ||
instructive | — | nyssein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |