rohmu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Proto-Finnic *rohmidak + -u. Probably sound-symbolic[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rohmu
- (derogatory) greedy hoarder
- one who possesses or takes a lot of something
Usage notes edit
Pejorative quality totally depends on context. Used a lot in compound pairs, e.g. pisterohmu (“credit hoarder; point hoarder”).
Declension edit
Inflection of rohmu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | rohmu | rohmut | ||
genitive | rohmun | rohmujen | ||
partitive | rohmua | rohmuja | ||
illative | rohmuun | rohmuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | rohmu | rohmut | ||
accusative | nom. | rohmu | rohmut | |
gen. | rohmun | |||
genitive | rohmun | rohmujen | ||
partitive | rohmua | rohmuja | ||
inessive | rohmussa | rohmuissa | ||
elative | rohmusta | rohmuista | ||
illative | rohmuun | rohmuihin | ||
adessive | rohmulla | rohmuilla | ||
ablative | rohmulta | rohmuilta | ||
allative | rohmulle | rohmuille | ||
essive | rohmuna | rohmuina | ||
translative | rohmuksi | rohmuiksi | ||
abessive | rohmutta | rohmuitta | ||
instructive | — | rohmuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
References edit
Further reading edit
- “rohmu”, 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 2023-07-03