sohvaperuna
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]sohva (“couch”) + peruna (“potato”); Calque of English couch potato
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsohʋɑˌperunɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞xʋɑ̝ˌpe̞runɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -erunɑ
- Syllabification(key): soh‧va‧pe‧ru‧na
Noun
[edit]sohvaperuna
- couch potato, idler, layabout (person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of sohvaperuna (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sohvaperuna | sohvaperunat | |
genitive | sohvaperunan | sohvaperunoiden sohvaperunoitten | |
partitive | sohvaperunaa | sohvaperunoita | |
illative | sohvaperunaan | sohvaperunoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sohvaperuna | sohvaperunat | |
accusative | nom. | sohvaperuna | sohvaperunat |
gen. | sohvaperunan | ||
genitive | sohvaperunan | sohvaperunoiden sohvaperunoitten sohvaperunain rare | |
partitive | sohvaperunaa | sohvaperunoita | |
inessive | sohvaperunassa | sohvaperunoissa | |
elative | sohvaperunasta | sohvaperunoista | |
illative | sohvaperunaan | sohvaperunoihin | |
adessive | sohvaperunalla | sohvaperunoilla | |
ablative | sohvaperunalta | sohvaperunoilta | |
allative | sohvaperunalle | sohvaperunoille | |
essive | sohvaperunana | sohvaperunoina | |
translative | sohvaperunaksi | sohvaperunoiksi | |
abessive | sohvaperunatta | sohvaperunoitta | |
instructive | — | sohvaperunoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sohvaperuna”, 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