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taskumatti

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From tasku (pocket) +‎ Matti (a given name). According to a common story, named after Matti Helenius-Seppälä, an early 20th century activist in the Finnish temperance movement, but this might simply be a folk etymology.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑskuˌmɑtːi/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝s̠kuˌmɑ̝t̪ːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtːi
  • Hyphenation(key): tasku‧matti

Noun

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taskumatti

  1. hip flask, pocket flask (pocket-size container for alcoholic beverages)

Declension

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Inflection of taskumatti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation)
nominative taskumatti taskumatit
genitive taskumatin taskumattien
partitive taskumattia taskumatteja
illative taskumattiin taskumatteihin
singular plural
nominative taskumatti taskumatit
accusative nom. taskumatti taskumatit
gen. taskumatin
genitive taskumatin taskumattien
partitive taskumattia taskumatteja
inessive taskumatissa taskumateissa
elative taskumatista taskumateista
illative taskumattiin taskumatteihin
adessive taskumatilla taskumateilla
ablative taskumatilta taskumateilta
allative taskumatille taskumateille
essive taskumattina taskumatteina
translative taskumatiksi taskumateiksi
abessive taskumatitta taskumateitta
instructive taskumatein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of taskumatti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation)

Further reading

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