(index pu)
Pronunciation
Noun
pussi
- bag, pouch, sac
- (marsupials) pouch
- (billiards) pocket
- (colloquial) in plural (pussit): scrotum
- Together with certain modifiers used to produce compound terms meaning a person who has a lot of a given characteristic.
- äkäinen (“ill-tempered”) > äkäpussi (“shrew”)
- kiukku (“anger”) > kiukkupussi (“a person who is easily angered”)
- sisu (“willpower, guts”) > sisupussi (“an obstinate person”)
Usage notes
See usage notes at laukku.
Declension
Declension of pussi (type risti)
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singular |
plural |
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| nominative |
pussi |
pussit |
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| genitive |
pussin |
pussien |
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| partitive |
pussia |
pusseja |
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| accusative |
pussi
pussin |
pussit |
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| inessive |
pussissa |
pusseissa |
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| elative |
pussista |
pusseista |
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| illative |
pussiin |
pusseihin |
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| adessive |
pussilla |
pusseilla |
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| ablative |
pussilta |
pusseilta |
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| allative |
pussille |
pusseille |
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| essive |
pussina |
pusseina |
|---|
| translative |
pussiksi |
pusseiksi |
|---|
| instructive |
– |
pussein |
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| abessive |
pussitta |
pusseitta |
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| comitative |
– |
pusseineen |
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Derived terms
See also
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