muksu
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]muksu
- (colloquial) A kid, child.
- (dialectal) A swim bladder.[2]
- Synonym: (standard) uimarakko
Declension
[edit]Inflection of muksu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “muksu”, 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 2023-07-03