masaliisa

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Superficially Masa + Liisa, and there are many stories about e.g. café owners of those names, or of a café owner named Liisa as a daughter of Masa, etc. Yet another sees it as a vernacular form of English mocha slice. However, these may all be folk etymologies.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑsɑliːsɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝s̠ɑ̝ˌliːs̠ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iːsɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧sa‧lii‧sa

Noun

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masaliisa

  1. (regional, Satakunta) Synonym of mokkapala (brownie)

Declension

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Inflection of masaliisa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative masaliisa masaliisat
genitive masaliisan masaliisojen
partitive masaliisaa masaliisoja
illative masaliisaan masaliisoihin
singular plural
nominative masaliisa masaliisat
accusative nom. masaliisa masaliisat
gen. masaliisan
genitive masaliisan masaliisojen
masaliisain rare
partitive masaliisaa masaliisoja
inessive masaliisassa masaliisoissa
elative masaliisasta masaliisoista
illative masaliisaan masaliisoihin
adessive masaliisalla masaliisoilla
ablative masaliisalta masaliisoilta
allative masaliisalle masaliisoille
essive masaliisana masaliisoina
translative masaliisaksi masaliisoiksi
abessive masaliisatta masaliisoitta
instructive masaliisoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of masaliisa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)