kankkunen
See also: Kankkunen
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Possibly derived from kankku (“canister of moonshine”), as a slang form of kanisteri;[1] then clipping of kanisteri + -kku + -nen. No doubt folk-etymologically tied with the surname Kankkunen.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kankkunen (colloquial)
- hangover (sickness caused by excessive drinking)
Declension edit
Inflection of kankkunen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kankkunen | kankkuset | ||
genitive | kankkusen | kankkusten kankkusien | ||
partitive | kankkusta | kankkusia | ||
illative | kankkuseen | kankkusiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kankkunen | kankkuset | ||
accusative | nom. | kankkunen | kankkuset | |
gen. | kankkusen | |||
genitive | kankkusen | kankkusten kankkusien | ||
partitive | kankkusta | kankkusia | ||
inessive | kankkusessa | kankkusissa | ||
elative | kankkusesta | kankkusista | ||
illative | kankkuseen | kankkusiin | ||
adessive | kankkusella | kankkusilla | ||
ablative | kankkuselta | kankkusilta | ||
allative | kankkuselle | kankkusille | ||
essive | kankkusena | kankkusina | ||
translative | kankkuseksi | kankkusiksi | ||
abessive | kankkusetta | kankkusitta | ||
instructive | — | kankkusin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
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), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “kankkunen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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