muonamies
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Finnish
Etymology
muona (“food, nourishment”) + mies (“man”)
Pronunciation
Noun
muonamies
- (historical) A dayworker on a farm, usually landless, paid partly with food supplies.
Declension
| Inflection of muonamies (Kotus type 42/mies, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | muonamies | muonamiehet | |
| genitive | muonamiehen | muonamiesten muonamiehien | |
| partitive | muonamiestä | muonamiehiä | |
| illative | muonamieheen | muonamiehiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | muonamies | muonamiehet | |
| accusative | nom. | muonamies | muonamiehet |
| gen. | muonamiehen | ||
| genitive | muonamiehen | muonamiesten muonamiehien | |
| partitive | muonamiestä | muonamiehiä | |
| inessive | muonamiehessä | muonamiehissä | |
| elative | muonamiehestä | muonamiehistä | |
| illative | muonamieheen | muonamiehiin | |
| adessive | muonamiehellä | muonamiehillä | |
| ablative | muonamieheltä | muonamiehiltä | |
| allative | muonamiehelle | muonamiehille | |
| essive | muonamiehenä | muonamiehinä | |
| translative | muonamieheksi | muonamiehiksi | |
| abessive | muonamiehettä | muonamiehittä | |
| instructive | — | muonamiehin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “muonamies”, 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 2023-07-03