taskuraha
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]tasku (“pocket”) + raha (“money”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]taskuraha
- pocket money, allowance (money given to a child for small expenses according to its will)
- pocket money (small amount of money carried on person for daily expenses)
- small potatoes, peanuts, pin money (small amount of money)
- Minun palkkani on taskurahaa verrattuna siihen, mitä muualla maksetaan.
- My pay is small potatoes compared to what is paid elsewhere.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of taskuraha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | taskuraha | taskurahat | |
genitive | taskurahan | taskurahojen | |
partitive | taskurahaa | taskurahoja | |
illative | taskurahaan | taskurahoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | taskuraha | taskurahat | |
accusative | nom. | taskuraha | taskurahat |
gen. | taskurahan | ||
genitive | taskurahan | taskurahojen taskurahain rare | |
partitive | taskurahaa | taskurahoja | |
inessive | taskurahassa | taskurahoissa | |
elative | taskurahasta | taskurahoista | |
illative | taskurahaan | taskurahoihin | |
adessive | taskurahalla | taskurahoilla | |
ablative | taskurahalta | taskurahoilta | |
allative | taskurahalle | taskurahoille | |
essive | taskurahana | taskurahoina | |
translative | taskurahaksi | taskurahoiksi | |
abessive | taskurahatta | taskurahoitta | |
instructive | — | taskurahoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (pocket money): viikkoraha (weekly allowance)
- (small amount of money): see pikkuraha
Further reading
[edit]- “taskuraha”, 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