hampuusi

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish hamnbuse.

Pronunciation

Noun

hampuusi

  1. (archaic) dockworker, longshoreman, docker, stevedore
  2. (colloquial) slovenly loafer, rascal, good-for-nothing, tramp; more commonly hamppari

Declension

Inflection of hampuusi (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative hampuusi hampuusit
genitive hampuusin hampuusien
hampuuseiden
hampuuseitten
partitive hampuusia hampuuseita
hampuuseja
illative hampuusiin hampuuseihin
singular plural
nominative hampuusi hampuusit
accusative nom. hampuusi hampuusit
gen. hampuusin
genitive hampuusin hampuusien
hampuuseiden
hampuuseitten
partitive hampuusia hampuuseita
hampuuseja
inessive hampuusissa hampuuseissa
elative hampuusista hampuuseista
illative hampuusiin hampuuseihin
adessive hampuusilla hampuuseilla
ablative hampuusilta hampuuseilta
allative hampuusille hampuuseille
essive hampuusina hampuuseina
translative hampuusiksi hampuuseiksi
abessive hampuusitta hampuuseitta
instructive hampuusein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of hampuusi (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

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