pulipää

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Finnish

Etymology

puli- +‎ pää, probably sound-symbolic[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuliˌpæː/,
  • Rhymes: -æː
  • Hyphenation(key): puli‧pää

Noun

pulipää

  1. (often derogatory) shaveling (someone with all or part of their head shaved)

Declension

Inflection of pulipää (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative pulipää pulipäät
genitive pulipään pulipäiden
pulipäitten
partitive pulipäätä pulipäitä
illative pulipäähän pulipäihin
singular plural
nominative pulipää pulipäät
accusative nom. pulipää pulipäät
gen. pulipään
genitive pulipään pulipäiden
pulipäitten
partitive pulipäätä pulipäitä
inessive pulipäässä pulipäissä
elative pulipäästä pulipäistä
illative pulipäähän pulipäihin
adessive pulipäällä pulipäillä
ablative pulipäältä pulipäiltä
allative pulipäälle pulipäille
essive pulipäänä pulipäinä
translative pulipääksi pulipäiksi
abessive pulipäättä pulipäittä
instructive pulipäin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pulipää (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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