mahanpuru
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]mahan (“of the stomach”) + puru (“persistent, gnawing pain, especially in stomach”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mahanpuru
- (pathology) stomachache, collywobbles
- (figuratively) collywobbles (anxiety, fear)
- Saan hänestä mahanpuruja.
- He gives me the collywobbles.
Usage notes
[edit]- Normally used in plural, but singular usage is not regarded as an error.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mahanpuru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mahanpuru | mahanpurut | |
genitive | mahanpurun | mahanpurujen | |
partitive | mahanpurua | mahanpuruja | |
illative | mahanpuruun | mahanpuruihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mahanpuru | mahanpurut | |
accusative | nom. | mahanpuru | mahanpurut |
gen. | mahanpurun | ||
genitive | mahanpurun | mahanpurujen | |
partitive | mahanpurua | mahanpuruja | |
inessive | mahanpurussa | mahanpuruissa | |
elative | mahanpurusta | mahanpuruista | |
illative | mahanpuruun | mahanpuruihin | |
adessive | mahanpurulla | mahanpuruilla | |
ablative | mahanpurulta | mahanpuruilta | |
allative | mahanpurulle | mahanpuruille | |
essive | mahanpuruna | mahanpuruina | |
translative | mahanpuruksi | mahanpuruiksi | |
abessive | mahanpurutta | mahanpuruitta | |
instructive | — | mahanpuruin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (stomachache): vatsanpuru
Further reading
[edit]- “mahanpuru”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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