skeglu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From kekäle (“ember”), once used in slang to refer to knives (through the meaning "hot").[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]skeglu
- (Helsinki slang) A puukko (Nordic hunting knife).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of skeglu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | skeglu | skeglut | |
genitive | skeglun | skeglujen | |
partitive | skeglua | skegluja | |
illative | skegluun | skegluihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | skeglu | skeglut | |
accusative | nom. | skeglu | skeglut |
gen. | skeglun | ||
genitive | skeglun | skeglujen | |
partitive | skeglua | skegluja | |
inessive | skeglussa | skegluissa | |
elative | skeglusta | skegluista | |
illative | skegluun | skegluihin | |
adessive | skeglulla | skegluilla | |
ablative | skeglulta | skegluilta | |
allative | skeglulle | skegluille | |
essive | skegluna | skegluina | |
translative | skegluksi | skegluiksi | |
abessive | skeglutta | skegluitta | |
instructive | — | skegluin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
References
[edit]- ^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSES 2021"), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN