pukari

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish puckare, an old term for a defiant person.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpukɑri/, [ˈpukɑri]
• Rhymes: -ukɑri
• Syllabification^(key): pu‧ka‧ri

Noun

pukari

1. (colloquial) bully, stirrer, troublemaker

Usage notes

Not necessarily colloquial when used in compounds.

Declension

Inflection of pukari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		pukari	pukarit
genitive		pukarin	pukarien pukareiden pukareitten
partitive		pukaria	pukareita pukareja
illative		pukariin	pukareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pukari	pukarit
accusative	nom.	pukari	pukarit
	gen.	pukarin
genitive		pukarin	pukarien pukareiden pukareitten
partitive		pukaria	pukareita pukareja
inessive		pukarissa	pukareissa
elative		pukarista	pukareista
illative		pukariin	pukareihin
adessive		pukarilla	pukareilla
ablative		pukarilta	pukareilta
allative		pukarille	pukareille
essive		pukarina	pukareina
translative		pukariksi	pukareiksi
instructive		—	pukarein
abessive		pukaritta	pukareitta
comitative		—	pukareineen

Possessive forms of pukari (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pukarini	pukarimme
2nd person	pukarisi	pukarinne
3rd person	pukarinsa

Anagrams

• kupari, pakuri