tuusa
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See also: Tuusa
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
< Swedish tusan (“damn, hell”) < tusen (“thousand”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tuusa (informal)
- Used in genitive as fortifier, especially in the expressions tuusan nuuskana and tuusan nuuskaksi.
- Maljakko putosi lattialle ja on nyt tuusan nuuskana.
- The vase fell on the floor and is now in bits and pieces.
- Maljakko putosi lattialle ja meni tuusan nuuskaksi.
- The vase fell on the floor and went to bits and pieces.
- (dialectal) shattered; only used in translative and essive singular in analogy with previous sense.
- Voi ei, kaunis maljakko on tuusana!
- Oh no, the beautiful vase is shattered.
- Voi ei, kaunis maljakko meni tuusaksi!
- Oh no, the beautiful vase shattered.
Usage notes[edit]
- Never used as attribute.
Synonyms[edit]
- (shattered): palasina, pirstaleina, säpäleinä
Derived terms[edit]
compounds