aamukampa
Finnish
Etymology
aamu (“morning”) + kampa (“comb”)
Noun
aamukampa
- (military slang) A "morning comb"; a comb in which every tooth represents one remaining morning in the military service - every morning one tooth is removed. The comb can then be displayed to younger soldiers for their envy.
- (figuratively, by extension) The remaining last days of anything.
- Teemu Selänteen aamukammassa on enää viisi piikkiä. (lit. There are only five teeth left in Teemu Selänne's morning comb.)
- Teemu Selänne has only five days to go.
- Teemu Selänteen aamukammassa on enää viisi piikkiä. (lit. There are only five teeth left in Teemu Selänne's morning comb.)
Declension
Inflection of aamukampa (Kotus type 9*H/kala, mp-mm gradation) | |||
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nominative | aamukampa | aamukammat | |
genitive | aamukamman | aamukampojen | |
partitive | aamukampaa | aamukampoja | |
illative | aamukampaan | aamukampoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | aamukampa | aamukammat | |
accusative | nom. | aamukampa | aamukammat |
gen. | aamukamman | ||
genitive | aamukamman | aamukampojen aamukampain rare | |
partitive | aamukampaa | aamukampoja | |
inessive | aamukammassa | aamukammoissa | |
elative | aamukammasta | aamukammoista | |
illative | aamukampaan | aamukampoihin | |
adessive | aamukammalla | aamukammoilla | |
ablative | aamukammalta | aamukammoilta | |
allative | aamukammalle | aamukammoille | |
essive | aamukampana | aamukampoina | |
translative | aamukammaksi | aamukammoiksi | |
abessive | aamukammatta | aamukammoitta | |
instructive | — | aamukammoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |