From tasku (“pocket”) + Matti (“a given name”). According to a common story, named after Matti Helenius-Seppälä, an early 20th century activist in the Finnish temperance movement, but this might simply be a folk etymology.
taskumatti
| Inflection of taskumatti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | taskumatti | taskumatit | |
| genitive | taskumatin | taskumattien | |
| partitive | taskumattia | taskumatteja | |
| illative | taskumattiin | taskumatteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | taskumatti | taskumatit | |
| accusative | nom. | taskumatti | taskumatit |
| gen. | taskumatin | ||
| genitive | taskumatin | taskumattien | |
| partitive | taskumattia | taskumatteja | |
| inessive | taskumatissa | taskumateissa | |
| elative | taskumatista | taskumateista | |
| illative | taskumattiin | taskumatteihin | |
| adessive | taskumatilla | taskumateilla | |
| ablative | taskumatilta | taskumateilta | |
| allative | taskumatille | taskumateille | |
| essive | taskumattina | taskumatteina | |
| translative | taskumatiksi | taskumateiksi | |
| abessive | taskumatitta | taskumateitta | |
| instructive | — | taskumatein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||