pikkulauantai
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]pikku- (“little”) + lauantai (“Saturday”), probably a calque of Swedish lillördag. Possibly from a custom of organizing "weekend activities" on Wednesday or Thursday in order to keep the Sabbath holy—in Lutheran Finland, the Sabbath would begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Alternatively, may be related to a custom whereby servants had their day off in the middle of the week.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpikːuˌlɑu̯.ɑntɑi̯/, [ˈpikːuˌlɑ̝u̯.ɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝i̯]
- Rhymes: -ɑuɑntɑi
- Hyphenation(key): pikku‧lauan‧tai
Noun
[edit]pikkulauantai
- (colloquial) Wednesday as a day of light celebration, relaxation, drinking etc.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of pikkulauantai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | pikkulauantai | pikkulauantait | |
genitive | pikkulauantain | pikkulauantaiden pikkulauantaitten | |
partitive | pikkulauantaita | pikkulauantaita | |
illative | pikkulauantaihin | pikkulauantaihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pikkulauantai | pikkulauantait | |
accusative | nom. | pikkulauantai | pikkulauantait |
gen. | pikkulauantain | ||
genitive | pikkulauantain | pikkulauantaiden pikkulauantaitten | |
partitive | pikkulauantaita | pikkulauantaita | |
inessive | pikkulauantaissa | pikkulauantaissa | |
elative | pikkulauantaista | pikkulauantaista | |
illative | pikkulauantaihin | pikkulauantaihin | |
adessive | pikkulauantailla | pikkulauantailla | |
ablative | pikkulauantailta | pikkulauantailta | |
allative | pikkulauantaille | pikkulauantaille | |
essive | pikkulauantaina | pikkulauantaina | |
translative | pikkulauantaiksi | pikkulauantaiksi | |
abessive | pikkulauantaitta | pikkulauantaitta | |
instructive | — | pikkulauantain | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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- Finnish terms prefixed with pikku-
- Finnish terms calqued from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 5-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑuɑntɑi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑuɑntɑi/5 syllables
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