pummi
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English bum, probably through Finglish (American Finnish).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pummi (informal)
- (derogatory) bum, hobo, vagabond (homeless person)
- bum (person who doesn't do their share or lets others pay their part of a bill etc.)
- panhandler (urban beggar)
- miss (failure to hit a target)
- Ammuin kolmannella ampumispaikalla kolme pummia ja menetin mahdollisuuteni voittoon.
- I shot three misses on the third shooting round and lost my chances to win.
- When used adverbially in adessive singular indicates avoidance of a fee, such as a movie ticket, hotel bill or public transport fare.
- Matkustan usein pummilla raitiovaunussa.
- I often dodge the fare in a tram.
- Söin eilen pummilla ruokalassa.
- I skipped paying yesterday in the canteen.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of pummi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | pummi | pummit | |
genitive | pummin | pummien | |
partitive | pummia | pummeja | |
illative | pummiin | pummeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pummi | pummit | |
accusative | nom. | pummi | pummit |
gen. | pummin | ||
genitive | pummin | pummien | |
partitive | pummia | pummeja | |
inessive | pummissa | pummeissa | |
elative | pummista | pummeista | |
illative | pummiin | pummeihin | |
adessive | pummilla | pummeilla | |
ablative | pummilta | pummeilta | |
allative | pummille | pummeille | |
essive | pummina | pummeina | |
translative | pummiksi | pummeiksi | |
abessive | pummitta | pummeitta | |
instructive | — | pummein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (failure to hit): huti, ohilaukaus
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pummi”, 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
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