mustalainen

From musta +‎ -lainen, literally, “of the black kind”, or more loosely translated as “black person”. Compare Estonian mustlane.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmustɑlɑi̯nen/,
• Rhymes: -ɑinen
• Hyphenation^(key): mus‧ta‧lai‧nen

mustalainen

1. (varying from neutral to pejorative) gypsy

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mustalainen

• The international term romani is preferred in standard Finnish.
• The endonymic Finnish Kalo terms are kaalo (literally “black man”) and kaali (literally “black woman”). The calque tumma (literally “dark one”) is chiefly used by the Roma themselves.
• In Finnish, the Roma generally use mustalainen (literally “black person”), contrasting it with valkolainen (“Finn”, literally “white person”). However, these terms may be considered offensive by younger non-Romani Finns.

• mustalaiskieli

• “mustalainen”, 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

• alustaminen, lastuaminen