tuhma poika
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Euphorbia leuconeura
Finnish
Etymology
tuhma (“naughty”) + poika (“boy”), a nickname for nukkatyräkki (“Madagascar jewel”), thus called because the ripe fruit of the plant open suddenly and fling the seeds around
Noun
- Madagascar jewel, Euphorbia leuconeura (plant endemic to Madagascar, commonly used as house plant)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tuhma, poika.
Declension
| Inflection of tuhma poika (Kotus type 51/nuoripari) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tuhma poika | tuhmat pojat | |
| genitive | tuhman pojan | tuhmien poikien | |
| partitive | tuhmaa poikaa | tuhmia poikia | |
| illative | tuhmaan poikaan | tuhmiin poikiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tuhma poika | tuhmat pojat | |
| accusative | nom. | tuhma poika | tuhmat pojat |
| gen. | tuhman pojan | ||
| genitive | tuhman pojan | tuhmien poikien tuhmain poikien rare tuhmien poikain rare tuhmain poikain rare | |
| partitive | tuhmaa poikaa | tuhmia poikia | |
| inessive | tuhmassa pojassa | tuhmissa pojissa | |
| elative | tuhmasta pojasta | tuhmista pojista | |
| illative | tuhmaan poikaan | tuhmiin poikiin | |
| adessive | tuhmalla pojalla | tuhmilla pojilla | |
| ablative | tuhmalta pojalta | tuhmilta pojilta | |
| allative | tuhmalle pojalle | tuhmille pojille | |
| essive | tuhmana poikana | tuhmina poikina | |
| translative | tuhmaksi pojaksi | tuhmiksi pojiksi | |
| abessive | tuhmatta pojatta | tuhmitta pojitta | |
| instructive | — | tuhmin pojin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- nukkatyräkki
- paha poika, syntinen poika, rattopoika, lähetyssaarnaaja, vaeltava juutalainen (nicknames)