boksi
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From English box, origin uncertain.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
boksi (present boksas, past boksis, future boksos, conditional boksus, volitive boksu)
- (intransitive, boxing) to box, punch; strike with the fists.
- 1928, L. L. Zamenhof, La Rabistoj [The Robbers], translation of Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller:
- Sufiĉe da kuraĝo, por boksi sub minacanta pendingo kun la diablo mem pro mizera pekulo.
- Enough courage to box under a threatening gallows with the devil himself for a wretched sinner.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of boksi
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Finnish edit
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Noun edit
boksi (informal)
- box
- box set (related recordings placed in a box to be sold as a unit)
- studio, room (small apartment or room, often rented for temporary living)
Declension edit
Inflection of boksi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | boksi | boksit | ||
genitive | boksin | boksien | ||
partitive | boksia | bokseja | ||
illative | boksiin | bokseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | boksi | boksit | ||
accusative | nom. | boksi | boksit | |
gen. | boksin | |||
genitive | boksin | boksien | ||
partitive | boksia | bokseja | ||
inessive | boksissa | bokseissa | ||
elative | boksista | bokseista | ||
illative | boksiin | bokseihin | ||
adessive | boksilla | bokseilla | ||
ablative | boksilta | bokseilta | ||
allative | boksille | bokseille | ||
essive | boksina | bokseina | ||
translative | boksiksi | bokseiksi | ||
abessive | boksitta | bokseitta | ||
instructive | — | boksein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (box): laatikko
- (residence): asunto (“residence”); yksiö (“studio”); huone (“room”); (informal) kämppä, luukku (“residence”)
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “boksi”, 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
Greenlandic edit
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boksi (plural boksit)
Swahili edit
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
boksi (n class, plural boksi)