muksu

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Finnish

Etymology

Most likely derived from mukula (round thing, lump; kid, child), the variant muksu seems to originate from Satakunta, northern Tavastia or southern Ostrobothnia. It entered the standard language in the early 20th century.

More words beginning with mu- with the meaning "child" are attested from dialects, including mukulainen, mukura, mulikka and muskula. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuksu/, [ˈmuks̠u]
  • Rhymes: -uksu
  • Syllabification(key): muk‧su

Noun

muksu

  1. (colloquial) A kid, child.
  2. (dialectal) A swim bladder.[2]
    Synonym: (standard) uimarakko

Declension

Inflection of muksu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative muksu muksut
genitive muksun muksujen
partitive muksua muksuja
illative muksuun muksuihin
singular plural
nominative muksu muksut
accusative nom. muksu muksut
gen. muksun
genitive muksun muksujen
partitive muksua muksuja
inessive muksussa muksuissa
elative muksusta muksuista
illative muksuun muksuihin
adessive muksulla muksuilla
ablative muksulta muksuilta
allative muksulle muksuille
essive muksuna muksuina
translative muksuksi muksuiksi
abessive muksutta muksuitta
instructive muksuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of muksu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative muksuni muksuni
accusative nom. muksuni muksuni
gen. muksuni
genitive muksuni muksujeni
partitive muksuani muksujani
inessive muksussani muksuissani
elative muksustani muksuistani
illative muksuuni muksuihini
adessive muksullani muksuillani
ablative muksultani muksuiltani
allative muksulleni muksuilleni
essive muksunani muksuinani
translative muksukseni muksuikseni
abessive muksuttani muksuittani
instructive
comitative muksuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative muksusi muksusi
accusative nom. muksusi muksusi
gen. muksusi
genitive muksusi muksujesi
partitive muksuasi muksujasi
inessive muksussasi muksuissasi
elative muksustasi muksuistasi
illative muksuusi muksuihisi
adessive muksullasi muksuillasi
ablative muksultasi muksuiltasi
allative muksullesi muksuillesi
essive muksunasi muksuinasi
translative muksuksesi muksuiksesi
abessive muksuttasi muksuittasi
instructive
comitative muksuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative muksumme muksumme
accusative nom. muksumme muksumme
gen. muksumme
genitive muksumme muksujemme
partitive muksuamme muksujamme
inessive muksussamme muksuissamme
elative muksustamme muksuistamme
illative muksuumme muksuihimme
adessive muksullamme muksuillamme
ablative muksultamme muksuiltamme
allative muksullemme muksuillemme
essive muksunamme muksuinamme
translative muksuksemme muksuiksemme
abessive muksuttamme muksuittamme
instructive
comitative muksuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative muksunne muksunne
accusative nom. muksunne muksunne
gen. muksunne
genitive muksunne muksujenne
partitive muksuanne muksujanne
inessive muksussanne muksuissanne
elative muksustanne muksuistanne
illative muksuunne muksuihinne
adessive muksullanne muksuillanne
ablative muksultanne muksuiltanne
allative muksullenne muksuillenne
essive muksunanne muksuinanne
translative muksuksenne muksuiksenne
abessive muksuttanne muksuittanne
instructive
comitative muksuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative muksunsa muksunsa
accusative nom. muksunsa muksunsa
gen. muksunsa
genitive muksunsa muksujensa
partitive muksuaan
muksuansa
muksujaan
muksujansa
inessive muksussaan
muksussansa
muksuissaan
muksuissansa
elative muksustaan
muksustansa
muksuistaan
muksuistansa
illative muksuunsa muksuihinsa
adessive muksullaan
muksullansa
muksuillaan
muksuillansa
ablative muksultaan
muksultansa
muksuiltaan
muksuiltansa
allative muksulleen
muksullensa
muksuilleen
muksuillensa
essive muksunaan
muksunansa
muksuinaan
muksuinansa
translative muksukseen
muksuksensa
muksuikseen
muksuiksensa
abessive muksuttaan
muksuttansa
muksuittaan
muksuittansa
instructive
comitative muksuineen
muksuinensa

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