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honkkeli

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Sound-symbolic +‎ -eli, compare hongankolistaja[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhoŋkːeli/, [ˈho̞ŋkːe̞li]
  • Rhymes: -oŋkːeli
  • Hyphenation(key): honk‧ke‧li

Noun

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honkkeli (colloquial)

  1. a lanky or gangly person

Declension

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Inflection of honkkeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative honkkeli honkkelit
genitive honkkelin honkkelien
honkkeleiden
honkkeleitten
partitive honkkelia honkkeleita
honkkeleja
illative honkkeliin honkkeleihin
singular plural
nominative honkkeli honkkelit
accusative nom. honkkeli honkkelit
gen. honkkelin
genitive honkkelin honkkelien
honkkeleiden
honkkeleitten
partitive honkkelia honkkeleita
honkkeleja
inessive honkkelissa honkkeleissa
elative honkkelista honkkeleista
illative honkkeliin honkkeleihin
adessive honkkelilla honkkeleilla
ablative honkkelilta honkkeleilta
allative honkkelille honkkeleille
essive honkkelina honkkeleina
translative honkkeliksi honkkeleiksi
abessive honkkelitta honkkeleitta
instructive honkkelein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of honkkeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

References

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  1. ^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSES 2021"), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN

Further reading

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