muukalainen

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Finnish

Etymology

muu (other, else) +‎ -kalainen. Attested since at least 1548 in a variety of spellings (the Bible of that year has Mucalainen in Luke 17.18 and mwcalainen in Luke 24.18).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuːkɑlɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): muu‧ka‧lai‧nen

Noun

muukalainen

  1. foreigner, stranger (someone who comes from somewhere else)
    Synonym: vieras
    Hyponyms: ulkomaalainen, ulkolainen (foreigner), ulkopaikkakuntalainen (one from another town)
  2. outsider (someone outside a community)
    Synonyms: ulkopuolinen, vieras
  3. space alien
    Synonyms: alieni, avaruusolio

Declension

Inflection of muukalainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative muukalainen muukalaiset
genitive muukalaisen muukalaisten
muukalaisien
partitive muukalaista muukalaisia
illative muukalaiseen muukalaisiin
singular plural
nominative muukalainen muukalaiset
accusative nom. muukalainen muukalaiset
gen. muukalaisen
genitive muukalaisen muukalaisten
muukalaisien
partitive muukalaista muukalaisia
inessive muukalaisessa muukalaisissa
elative muukalaisesta muukalaisista
illative muukalaiseen muukalaisiin
adessive muukalaisella muukalaisilla
ablative muukalaiselta muukalaisilta
allative muukalaiselle muukalaisille
essive muukalaisena muukalaisina
translative muukalaiseksi muukalaisiksi
abessive muukalaisetta muukalaisitta
instructive muukalaisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of muukalainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

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