pakkopulla

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Finnish

Etymology

pakko +‎ pulla

Pronunciation

Noun

pakkopulla

  1. The obligatory bun. (Finnish custom is that visitors to a household being visited bring food to be shared with the hosts. Typically this is in the form of a cinnamon bun to be enjoyed with coffee provided by the hosts)
  2. (by extension and playfully) any kind of obligatory task that is reluctantly carried out, such as filing a tax return or shovelling fallen snow.

Declension

Inflection of pakkopulla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative pakkopulla pakkopullat
genitive pakkopullan pakkopullien
partitive pakkopullaa pakkopullia
illative pakkopullaan pakkopulliin
singular plural
nominative pakkopulla pakkopullat
accusative nom. pakkopulla pakkopullat
gen. pakkopullan
genitive pakkopullan pakkopullien
pakkopullain rare
partitive pakkopullaa pakkopullia
inessive pakkopullassa pakkopullissa
elative pakkopullasta pakkopullista
illative pakkopullaan pakkopulliin
adessive pakkopullalla pakkopullilla
ablative pakkopullalta pakkopullilta
allative pakkopullalle pakkopullille
essive pakkopullana pakkopullina
translative pakkopullaksi pakkopulliksi
abessive pakkopullatta pakkopullitta
instructive pakkopullin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pakkopulla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

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