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yläfemma

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Finnish

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Etymology

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ylä- (upper, high) +‎ femma (five); calque of English high five

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈylæˌfemːɑ/, [ˈylæˌfe̞mːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -emːɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): ylä‧femma

Noun

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yläfemma (slang)

  1. high five (gesture)

Declension

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Inflection of yläfemma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative yläfemma yläfemmat
genitive yläfemman yläfemmojen
partitive yläfemmaa yläfemmoja
illative yläfemmaan yläfemmoihin
singular plural
nominative yläfemma yläfemmat
accusative nom. yläfemma yläfemmat
gen. yläfemman
genitive yläfemman yläfemmojen
yläfemmain rare
partitive yläfemmaa yläfemmoja
inessive yläfemmassa yläfemmoissa
elative yläfemmasta yläfemmoista
illative yläfemmaan yläfemmoihin
adessive yläfemmalla yläfemmoilla
ablative yläfemmalta yläfemmoilta
allative yläfemmalle yläfemmoille
essive yläfemmana yläfemmoina
translative yläfemmaksi yläfemmoiksi
abessive yläfemmatta yläfemmoitta
instructive yläfemmoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of yläfemma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

Synonyms

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Interjection

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yläfemma

  1. gimme a five, give me five, slap me five

Further reading

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