maitojuna
Finnish
Etymology
maito + juna
The origin of the idiomatic meaning (2) comes from military slang: maitojuna was a train responsible for military logistics for a garrison with a Reserve Officer School, and a slang term developed around returning by the train to signify becoming a pushout.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯toˌjunɑ/, [ˈmɑi̯t̪o̞ˌjunɑ]
- Hyphenation: mai‧to‧ju‧na
Noun
maitojuna
- (literally) milk train
- (idiomatic) palata maitojunalla kotiin = to be pushed out, to fail
Declension
| Inflection of maitojuna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | maitojuna | maitojunat | |
| genitive | maitojunan | maitojunien | |
| partitive | maitojunaa | maitojunia | |
| illative | maitojunaan | maitojuniin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | maitojuna | maitojunat | |
| accusative | nom. | maitojuna | maitojunat |
| gen. | maitojunan | ||
| genitive | maitojunan | maitojunien maitojunainrare | |
| partitive | maitojunaa | maitojunia | |
| inessive | maitojunassa | maitojunissa | |
| elative | maitojunasta | maitojunista | |
| illative | maitojunaan | maitojuniin | |
| adessive | maitojunalla | maitojunilla | |
| ablative | maitojunalta | maitojunilta | |
| allative | maitojunalle | maitojunille | |
| essive | maitojunana | maitojunina | |
| translative | maitojunaksi | maitojuniksi | |
| instructive | — | maitojunin | |
| abessive | maitojunatta | maitojunitta | |
| comitative | — | maitojunineen | |