nysse

Finnish

FWOTD – 30 October 2017

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnysːe/, [ˈnys̠ːe̞]

Noun

nysse

1. (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?

Declension

Inflection of nysse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
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 nysseinrare
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
instructive		—	nyssein
abessive		nyssettä	nysseittä
comitative		—	nysseineen

Synonyms

• bussi
• dösä
• linja-auto
• onnikka