kyrmy
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown, possibly sound-symbolic; perhaps inspired by kyyry (kyyry + -mV?)[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kyrmy
- A person or animal with a hump neck; rarely as short form of kyrmyniska (“hump neck”).
- (figuratively) An unfriendly, morose or sullen person.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kyrmy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kyrmy | kyrmyt | |
genitive | kyrmyn | kyrmyjen | |
partitive | kyrmyä | kyrmyjä | |
illative | kyrmyyn | kyrmyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kyrmy | kyrmyt | |
accusative | nom. | kyrmy | kyrmyt |
gen. | kyrmyn | ||
genitive | kyrmyn | kyrmyjen | |
partitive | kyrmyä | kyrmyjä | |
inessive | kyrmyssä | kyrmyissä | |
elative | kyrmystä | kyrmyistä | |
illative | kyrmyyn | kyrmyihin | |
adessive | kyrmyllä | kyrmyillä | |
ablative | kyrmyltä | kyrmyiltä | |
allative | kyrmylle | kyrmyille | |
essive | kyrmynä | kyrmyinä | |
translative | kyrmyksi | kyrmyiksi | |
abessive | kyrmyttä | kyrmyittä | |
instructive | — | kyrmyin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (unfriendly person): yrmy
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
References
[edit]- ^ Nikkilä, Osmo. Nopea → nopsa, selkeä → selvä. Suffiksinvaihto ja suomen sanojen etymologiointi., in Urho Määttä & Klaus Laalo (ed.), Kirjoituksia muoto- ja merkitysopista, pp. 77–101. Folia Fennistica & Linguistica 21. Tampere. 1998