hihhuli
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
The word has been in use since the 19th century. It originally referred to the hih huh yells in the Laestadian gatherings.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hihhuli (colloquial, derogatory)
- A religious person; a zealot, a Jesus freak, a Holy Roller.
Declension edit
Inflection of hihhuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hihhuli | hihhulit | ||
genitive | hihhulin | hihhulien hihhuleiden hihhuleitten | ||
partitive | hihhulia | hihhuleita hihhuleja | ||
illative | hihhuliin | hihhuleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hihhuli | hihhulit | ||
accusative | nom. | hihhuli | hihhulit | |
gen. | hihhulin | |||
genitive | hihhulin | hihhulien hihhuleiden hihhuleitten | ||
partitive | hihhulia | hihhuleita hihhuleja | ||
inessive | hihhulissa | hihhuleissa | ||
elative | hihhulista | hihhuleista | ||
illative | hihhuliin | hihhuleihin | ||
adessive | hihhulilla | hihhuleilla | ||
ablative | hihhulilta | hihhuleilta | ||
allative | hihhulille | hihhuleille | ||
essive | hihhulina | hihhuleina | ||
translative | hihhuliksi | hihhuleiksi | ||
abessive | hihhulitta | hihhuleitta | ||
instructive | — | hihhulein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “hihhuli”, 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