japsi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
japsi
- (derogatory or colloquial) Jap
Usage notes edit
Might be considered pejorative, possibly due to association with the English word Jap. The word is also, however, used nonpejoratively, especially in informal compound words such as japsipoppi (“Japanese Pop music”).
Declension edit
Inflection of japsi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | japsi | japsit | ||
genitive | japsin | japsien | ||
partitive | japsia | japseja | ||
illative | japsiin | japseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | japsi | japsit | ||
accusative | nom. | japsi | japsit | |
gen. | japsin | |||
genitive | japsin | japsien | ||
partitive | japsia | japseja | ||
inessive | japsissa | japseissa | ||
elative | japsista | japseista | ||
illative | japsiin | japseihin | ||
adessive | japsilla | japseilla | ||
ablative | japsilta | japseilta | ||
allative | japsille | japseille | ||
essive | japsina | japseina | ||
translative | japsiksi | japseiksi | ||
abessive | japsitta | japseitta | ||
instructive | — | japsein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “japsi”, 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 2023-07-02