rohmu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proto-Finnic *rohmidak + -u. Probably sound-symbolic[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rohmu
- (derogatory) greedy hoarder
- one who possesses or takes a lot of something
Usage notes
[edit]Pejorative quality totally depends on context. Used a lot in compound pairs, e.g. pisterohmu (“credit hoarder; point hoarder”).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of rohmu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | rohmu | rohmut | |
genitive | rohmun | rohmujen | |
partitive | rohmua | rohmuja | |
illative | rohmuun | rohmuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | rohmu | rohmut | |
accusative | nom. | rohmu | rohmut |
gen. | rohmun | ||
genitive | rohmun | rohmujen | |
partitive | rohmua | rohmuja | |
inessive | rohmussa | rohmuissa | |
elative | rohmusta | rohmuista | |
illative | rohmuun | rohmuihin | |
adessive | rohmulla | rohmuilla | |
ablative | rohmulta | rohmuilta | |
allative | rohmulle | rohmuille | |
essive | rohmuna | rohmuina | |
translative | rohmuksi | rohmuiksi | |
abessive | rohmutta | rohmuitta | |
instructive | — | rohmuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “rohmu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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