kankkunen
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See also: Kankkunen
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly derived from kankku (“canister of moonshine”), as a slang form of kanisteri;[1] then clipping of kanisteri + -kku + -nen. No doubt folk-etymologically tied with the surname Kankkunen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kankkunen (colloquial)
- hangover (sickness caused by excessive drinking)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kankkunen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kankkunen | kankkuset | |
genitive | kankkusen | kankkusten kankkusien | |
partitive | kankkusta | kankkusia | |
illative | kankkuseen | kankkusiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kankkunen | kankkuset | |
accusative | nom. | kankkunen | kankkuset |
gen. | kankkusen | ||
genitive | kankkusen | kankkusten kankkusien | |
partitive | kankkusta | kankkusia | |
inessive | kankkusessa | kankkusissa | |
elative | kankkusesta | kankkusista | |
illative | kankkuseen | kankkusiin | |
adessive | kankkusella | kankkusilla | |
ablative | kankkuselta | kankkusilta | |
allative | kankkuselle | kankkusille | |
essive | kankkusena | kankkusina | |
translative | kankkuseksi | kankkusiksi | |
abessive | kankkusetta | kankkusitta | |
instructive | — | kankkusin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSES 2021"), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “kankkunen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02