mammanpoika
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]mamman (“mama's”) + poika (“son, boy”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mammanpoika
- (derogatory) mama's boy, momma's boy, mollycoddle (male person who is or is claimed to be overly attached to or influenced by his mother)
- sissy (of a male, overly timid and unassertive)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mammanpoika (Kotus type 10*/koira, ik-j gradation) | |||
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nominative | mammanpoika | mammanpojat | |
genitive | mammanpojan | mammanpoikien | |
partitive | mammanpoikaa | mammanpoikia | |
illative | mammanpoikaan | mammanpoikiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mammanpoika | mammanpojat | |
accusative | nom. | mammanpoika | mammanpojat |
gen. | mammanpojan | ||
genitive | mammanpojan | mammanpoikien mammanpoikain rare | |
partitive | mammanpoikaa | mammanpoikia | |
inessive | mammanpojassa | mammanpojissa | |
elative | mammanpojasta | mammanpojista | |
illative | mammanpoikaan | mammanpoikiin | |
adessive | mammanpojalla | mammanpojilla | |
ablative | mammanpojalta | mammanpojilta | |
allative | mammanpojalle | mammanpojille | |
essive | mammanpoikana | mammanpoikina | |
translative | mammanpojaksi | mammanpojiksi | |
abessive | mammanpojatta | mammanpojitta | |
instructive | — | mammanpojin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mammanpoika”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[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