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mustalainen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From musta +‎ -lainen, literally, of the black kind, or more loosely translated as black person. Compare Estonian mustlane.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmustɑlɑi̯nen/, [ˈmus̠tɑ̝ˌlɑ̝i̯ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): mus‧ta‧lai‧nen

Noun

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mustalainen

  1. (varying from neutral to pejorative) gypsy
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mustalainen

Usage notes

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  • The international term romani is preferred in standard Finnish.
  • The endonymic Finnish Kalo terms are kaalo (literally black man) and kaali (literally black woman). The calque tumma (literally dark one) is chiefly used by the Roma themselves.
  • In Finnish, the Roma generally use mustalainen (literally black person), contrasting it with valkolainen (Finn, literally white person). However, these terms may be considered offensive by younger non-Romani Finns.

Declension

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Inflection of mustalainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative mustalainen mustalaiset
genitive mustalaisen mustalaisten
mustalaisien
partitive mustalaista mustalaisia
illative mustalaiseen mustalaisiin
singular plural
nominative mustalainen mustalaiset
accusative nom. mustalainen mustalaiset
gen. mustalaisen
genitive mustalaisen mustalaisten
mustalaisien
partitive mustalaista mustalaisia
inessive mustalaisessa mustalaisissa
elative mustalaisesta mustalaisista
illative mustalaiseen mustalaisiin
adessive mustalaisella mustalaisilla
ablative mustalaiselta mustalaisilta
allative mustalaiselle mustalaisille
essive mustalaisena mustalaisina
translative mustalaiseksi mustalaisiksi
abessive mustalaisetta mustalaisitta
instructive mustalaisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mustalainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

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