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hiprakka

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Akin to hipreä (clumsy, sluggish), hiprassa (= hiprakassa) and maybe hipristellä (to avoid getting touched due to feeling cold or sore) (all dialectal). Possibly sound-symbolic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hiprakka (informal)

  1. mild drunkenness, buzz

Usage notes

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hiprakka describes a stage in between selvinpäin and humala where one has a light buzz and socializing is made easier, but not the point where one begins to get dizzy, slur heavily, vomit and pass out.

Declension

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Inflection of hiprakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation)
nominative hiprakka hiprakat
genitive hiprakan hiprakoiden
hiprakoitten
hiprakkojen
partitive hiprakkaa hiprakoita
hiprakkoja
illative hiprakkaan hiprakoihin
hiprakkoihin
singular plural
nominative hiprakka hiprakat
accusative nom. hiprakka hiprakat
gen. hiprakan
genitive hiprakan hiprakoiden
hiprakoitten
hiprakkojen
hiprakkain rare
partitive hiprakkaa hiprakoita
hiprakkoja
inessive hiprakassa hiprakoissa
elative hiprakasta hiprakoista
illative hiprakkaan hiprakoihin
hiprakkoihin
adessive hiprakalla hiprakoilla
ablative hiprakalta hiprakoilta
allative hiprakalle hiprakoille
essive hiprakkana hiprakkoina
translative hiprakaksi hiprakoiksi
abessive hiprakatta hiprakoitta
instructive hiprakoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of hiprakka (Kotus type 14*A/solakka, kk-k gradation)

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