muorinen

Finnish

Etymology

muori +‎ -nen; diminutive form of muori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuo̯rinen/, [ˈmuo̞̯rine̞n]
• Rhymes: -uorinen
• Syllabification^(key): muo‧ri‧nen

Noun

muorinen

1. (dated or humorous) A loving term of address used of an old woman, usually a family member; only used in the form muoriseni.

Declension

• Not inflected.

Further reading

• “muorinen”, 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