piuha
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably related to and from the same root as piukka.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]piuha
- (tools) turf spade
- (colloquial) electrical cord
- Synonyms: johto, sähköjohto
- ottaa ~:lle (slang) to buy recreational drugs from a dealer without paying in full, with the rest intended to be paid later
- Otin piuhalle nää Xanorit, maksan loput ens viikolla.
- I paid in part for these Xanors, I will pay the rest next week.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of piuha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | piuha | piuhat | ||
genitive | piuhan | piuhojen | ||
partitive | piuhaa | piuhoja | ||
illative | piuhaan | piuhoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | piuha | piuhat | ||
accusative | nom. | piuha | piuhat | |
gen. | piuhan | |||
genitive | piuhan | piuhojen piuhain rare | ||
partitive | piuhaa | piuhoja | ||
inessive | piuhassa | piuhoissa | ||
elative | piuhasta | piuhoista | ||
illative | piuhaan | piuhoihin | ||
adessive | piuhalla | piuhoilla | ||
ablative | piuhalta | piuhoilta | ||
allative | piuhalle | piuhoille | ||
essive | piuhana | piuhoina | ||
translative | piuhaksi | piuhoiksi | ||
abessive | piuhatta | piuhoitta | ||
instructive | — | piuhoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- ^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “piuha”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (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