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poroporvari

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Finnish

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Etymology

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poro (onomatopoetic fortifier) +‎ porvari (bourgeois person)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈporoˌporʋɑri/, [ˈpo̞ro̞ˌpo̞rʋɑ̝ri]
  • Rhymes: -orʋɑri
  • Hyphenation(key): poro‧porva‧ri

Noun

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poroporvari

  1. a person of extremely bourgeois, conservative, conventional, narrow-minded attitudes; philistine

Declension

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Possessive forms of poroporvari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

Derived terms

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