haitari
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Sense "buttocks" probably developed through analogy with the synonym hanuri (“accordion; buttocks”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
haitari
- (music) accordion
- Synonyms: harmonikka, hanuri
- (figuratively) any bellow-like object
- haitaribussi ― articulated bus
- (figuratively) range (the extent to which something varies)
- Synonyms: väli, vaihteluväli, intervalli
- (euphemistic, humorous) buttocks
- Synonyms: see pylly
Declension edit
Inflection of haitari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | haitari | haitarit | ||
genitive | haitarin | haitarien haitareiden haitareitten | ||
partitive | haitaria | haitareita haitareja | ||
illative | haitariin | haitareihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | haitari | haitarit | ||
accusative | nom. | haitari | haitarit | |
gen. | haitarin | |||
genitive | haitarin | haitarien haitareiden haitareitten | ||
partitive | haitaria | haitareita haitareja | ||
inessive | haitarissa | haitareissa | ||
elative | haitarista | haitareista | ||
illative | haitariin | haitareihin | ||
adessive | haitarilla | haitareilla | ||
ablative | haitarilta | haitareilta | ||
allative | haitarille | haitareille | ||
essive | haitarina | haitareina | ||
translative | haitariksi | haitareiksi | ||
abessive | haitaritta | haitareitta | ||
instructive | — | haitarein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Descendants edit
- → Swedish: hajdare
Further reading edit
- “haitari”, 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