daiju
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Through Helsinki slang, attested since the early 20th century. Apparantly borrowed from Russian даю́ (dajú, “I give (a beating)”), conjugated form of Russian дава́ть (davátʹ, “to give”) in the expression Russian даю по морде (daju po morde, “to beat up”, literally “to give to the face”). Compare mortu (“face”) from old Vyborg slang.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
daiju (comparative daijumpi, superlative daijuin)
- (colloquial) stupid, foolish, idiotic
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tyhmä
- Älä oo niin daiju.
- Don't be so stupid.
- Onhan se daijua mennä sinne yöllä.
- I know it's stupid to go there at night.
- (slang) out of one's mind
- Synonyms: hullu, järjiltään, sekaisin, tolaltaan
- Se hörhö oli ihan daijuna.
- That junkie was totally out of his mind.
- (slang, obsolete) cool, nice
Declension edit
Inflection of daiju (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | daiju | daijut | |
genitive | daijun | daijujen | |
partitive | daijua | daijuja | |
illative | daijuun | daijuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | daiju | daijut | |
accusative | nom. | daiju | daijut |
gen. | daijun | ||
genitive | daijun | daijujen | |
partitive | daijua | daijuja | |
inessive | daijussa | daijuissa | |
elative | daijusta | daijuista | |
illative | daijuun | daijuihin | |
adessive | daijulla | daijuilla | |
ablative | daijulta | daijuilta | |
allative | daijulle | daijuille | |
essive | daijuna | daijuina | |
translative | daijuksi | daijuiksi | |
abessive | daijutta | daijuitta | |
instructive | — | daijuin | |
comitative | — | daijuine |
Noun edit
daiju
- (colloquial) fool, moron, idiot
- Synonyms: see typerys
- (slang, dated) Synonym of pää (“head”).
- ottaa daijuun ― to be pissed, annoyed
- (slang) Synonym of naama (“face”).
Declension edit
Inflection of daiju (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | daiju | daijut | ||
genitive | daijun | daijujen | ||
partitive | daijua | daijuja | ||
illative | daijuun | daijuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | daiju | daijut | ||
accusative | nom. | daiju | daijut | |
gen. | daijun | |||
genitive | daijun | daijujen | ||
partitive | daijua | daijuja | ||
inessive | daijussa | daijuissa | ||
elative | daijusta | daijuista | ||
illative | daijuun | daijuihin | ||
adessive | daijulla | daijuilla | ||
ablative | daijulta | daijuilta | ||
allative | daijulle | daijuille | ||
essive | daijuna | daijuina | ||
translative | daijuksi | daijuiksi | ||
abessive | daijutta | daijuitta | ||
instructive | — | daijuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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References edit
- Heikki Paunonen (2016) Sloboa Stadissa: stadin slangin etymologiaa (in Finnish), Jyväskylä: Docendo, →ISBN