rasva-apina

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Finnish

Etymology

rasva (grease) +‎ apina (monkey)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑsʋɑˌ(ʔ)ɑpinɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑpinɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): rasva‧api‧na

Noun

rasva-apina (slang)

  1. A grease monkey (mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic).
    En ole mikään rasva-apina, mutta osaan vaihtaa autoni sytytystulpat ilman apua.
    I'm no grease monkey, but I can manage to change out my engine's spark plugs without assistance.

Declension

Inflection of rasva-apina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative rasva-apina rasva-apinat
genitive rasva-apinan rasva-apinoiden
rasva-apinoitten
partitive rasva-apinaa rasva-apinoita
illative rasva-apinaan rasva-apinoihin
singular plural
nominative rasva-apina rasva-apinat
accusative nom. rasva-apina rasva-apinat
gen. rasva-apinan
genitive rasva-apinan rasva-apinoiden
rasva-apinoitten
rasva-apinain rare
partitive rasva-apinaa rasva-apinoita
inessive rasva-apinassa rasva-apinoissa
elative rasva-apinasta rasva-apinoista
illative rasva-apinaan rasva-apinoihin
adessive rasva-apinalla rasva-apinoilla
ablative rasva-apinalta rasva-apinoilta
allative rasva-apinalle rasva-apinoille
essive rasva-apinana rasva-apinoina
translative rasva-apinaksi rasva-apinoiksi
abessive rasva-apinatta rasva-apinoitta
instructive rasva-apinoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of rasva-apina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

Synonyms