pussi
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish pusi, posi (modern Swedish påse), from Proto-Germanic *pusô.
Pronunciation
Noun
pussi
- bag, pouch, sac
- (marsupials) pouch
- (billiards) pocket
- (colloquial) in plural (pussit): scrotum
- Together with certain modifiers used to produce compound terms meaning a person who has a lot of a given characteristic.
Declension
Inflection of pussi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pussi | pussit | ||
genitive | pussin | pussien | ||
partitive | pussia | pusseja | ||
illative | pussiin | pusseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pussi | pussit | ||
accusative | nom. | pussi | pussit | |
gen. | pussin | |||
genitive | pussin | pussien | ||
partitive | pussia | pusseja | ||
inessive | pussissa | pusseissa | ||
elative | pussista | pusseista | ||
illative | pussiin | pusseihin | ||
adessive | pussilla | pusseilla | ||
ablative | pussilta | pusseilta | ||
allative | pussille | pusseille | ||
essive | pussina | pusseina | ||
translative | pussiksi | pusseiksi | ||
abessive | pussitta | pusseitta | ||
instructive | — | pussein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Usage notes
See usage notes at laukku.
Derived terms
Compounds
- byrnesinpussihiiri
- huutopussi
- ilmapussi
- jääpussi
- karkkipussi
- keuhkopussi
- kiukkupussi
- kivespussi
- koipussi
- kyynelpussi
- limapussi
- makuupussi
- marjapussi
- munapussi
- muovipussi
- palkkapussi
- polvipussi
- poskipussi
- pukupussi
- pursotinpussi
- pussiahma
- pussieläin
- pussihiha
- pussihiiri
- pussihousut
- pussihukka
- pussihyppyrotta
- pussijuoksu
- pussikalja
- pussikarhu
- pussikatu