puliukko
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]puli- + ukko (“gaffer”). Initial part from pulituuri (“French polish”), from Swedish polityr (“French polish”), in reference to the practice of separating substitute alcohol from French polish by adding salt to it and then shaking it.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]puliukko (informal, derogatory)
- drunkard, especially a homeless one that has completely lost the control of their life
- Synonyms: rappioalkoholisti, laitapuolen kulkija, (colloquial) deeku, pultsari, spurgu, see also Thesaurus:juoppo
Declension
[edit]Inflection of puliukko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | puliukko | puliukot | |
genitive | puliukon | puliukkojen | |
partitive | puliukkoa | puliukkoja | |
illative | puliukkoon | puliukkoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | puliukko | puliukot | |
accusative | nom. | puliukko | puliukot |
gen. | puliukon | ||
genitive | puliukon | puliukkojen | |
partitive | puliukkoa | puliukkoja | |
inessive | puliukossa | puliukoissa | |
elative | puliukosta | puliukoista | |
illative | puliukkoon | puliukkoihin | |
adessive | puliukolla | puliukoilla | |
ablative | puliukolta | puliukoilta | |
allative | puliukolle | puliukoille | |
essive | puliukkona | puliukkoina | |
translative | puliukoksi | puliukoiksi | |
abessive | puliukotta | puliukoitta | |
instructive | — | puliukoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “puliukko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][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