Likely a back-formation from nuuskia, further influenced by Swedish snus (“snuff tobacco”).
nuuska
Inflection of nuuska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | nuuska | nuuskat | |
genitive | nuuskan | nuuskien | |
partitive | nuuskaa | nuuskia | |
illative | nuuskaan | nuuskiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | nuuska | nuuskat | |
accusative | nom. | nuuska | nuuskat |
gen. | nuuskan | ||
genitive | nuuskan | nuuskien nuuskain rare | |
partitive | nuuskaa | nuuskia | |
inessive | nuuskassa | nuuskissa | |
elative | nuuskasta | nuuskista | |
illative | nuuskaan | nuuskiin | |
adessive | nuuskalla | nuuskilla | |
ablative | nuuskalta | nuuskilta | |
allative | nuuskalle | nuuskille | |
essive | nuuskana | nuuskina | |
translative | nuuskaksi | nuuskiksi | |
abessive | nuuskatta | nuuskitta | |
instructive | — | nuuskin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |