hihhuli
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Finnish
Etymology
The word has been in use since the 19th century. It originally referred to the hih huh yells in the Laestadian gatherings.
Pronunciation
Noun
hihhuli (colloquial, derogatory)
- A religious person; a zealot, a Jesus freak, a Holy Roller.
Declension
| Inflection of hihhuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
compounds
Further reading
- “hihhuli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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