selkäsauna

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Finnish

Etymology

selkä (back) +‎ sauna (sauna), from phrases like "saada selkään" which means to get spanked, but literally to "get it into the back"; sauna is probably used to symbolize heat. Compare the similarly formed Livvi perzekyly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈselkæˌsɑu̯nɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑunɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): selkä‧sauna

Noun

selkäsauna

  1. beating, licking
    Taitaa olla sitten selkäsaunan aika!
    So now it's about time for a beating!

Declension

Inflection of selkäsauna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative selkäsauna selkäsaunat
genitive selkäsaunan selkäsaunojen
partitive selkäsaunaa selkäsaunoja
illative selkäsaunaan selkäsaunoihin
singular plural
nominative selkäsauna selkäsaunat
accusative nom. selkäsauna selkäsaunat
gen. selkäsaunan
genitive selkäsaunan selkäsaunojen
selkäsaunain rare
partitive selkäsaunaa selkäsaunoja
inessive selkäsaunassa selkäsaunoissa
elative selkäsaunasta selkäsaunoista
illative selkäsaunaan selkäsaunoihin
adessive selkäsaunalla selkäsaunoilla
ablative selkäsaunalta selkäsaunoilta
allative selkäsaunalle selkäsaunoille
essive selkäsaunana selkäsaunoina
translative selkäsaunaksi selkäsaunoiksi
abessive selkäsaunatta selkäsaunoitta
instructive selkäsaunoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of selkäsauna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

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