kossi
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowing from Swedish gosse.[1]
Noun
kossi
- (dialectal) boy
- (dialectal) pig
- (dialectal) small salmon
- (dialectal) scrotum
- short dam, usually on both sides of a stream but open in the middle, built to raise the level of water above the dam
Declension
| Inflection of kossi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kossi | kossit | |
| genitive | kossin | kossien | |
| partitive | kossia | kosseja | |
| illative | kossiin | kosseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kossi | kossit | |
| accusative | nom. | kossi | kossit |
| gen. | kossin | ||
| genitive | kossin | kossien | |
| partitive | kossia | kosseja | |
| inessive | kossissa | kosseissa | |
| elative | kossista | kosseista | |
| illative | kossiin | kosseihin | |
| adessive | kossilla | kosseilla | |
| ablative | kossilta | kosseilta | |
| allative | kossille | kosseille | |
| essive | kossina | kosseina | |
| translative | kossiksi | kosseiksi | |
| instructive | — | kossein | |
| abessive | kossitta | kosseitta | |
| comitative | — | kosseineen | |
References
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija (editors). 1992–2000. Suomen sanojen alkuperä ('The Origin of Finnish Words'). Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus/Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. →ISBN.
Anagrams
- Sisko, iskos, sisko