neekeri
Finnish
Etymology
Until the second half of the 19th century, this was a direct loan of Swedish neger without adaptation to Finnish phonology, at least in writing, which rarely happens in Finnish. Nevertheless, the form neekeri was no doubt almost immediately used in speaking, long before it was used in writing since Finnish seldom differentiates between voiced and unvoiced plosives and since an /i/ is usually suffixed to foreign words ending in a consonant. The Swedish word came from French nègre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneːkeri/, [ˈne̞ːke̞ri]
- Rhymes: -eːkeri
- Syllabification(key): nee‧ke‧ri
Noun
neekeri
- (offensive, ethnic slur) nigger (person with dark brown skin)
- (dated, politically incorrect) negro (person of African descent)
- (dated) journalist
- (originally humorous, now politically incorrect) a person who performs hard or menial work
- Kukahan neekeri me saadaan tekemään se?
- Who's the negro you think we'll get to do it?
Usage notes
- Although originally non-pejorative, use of this term is now chiefly interpreted as offensive.
Declension
| Inflection of neekeri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | neekeri | neekerit | |
| genitive | neekerin | neekerien neekereiden neekereitten | |
| partitive | neekeriä | neekereitä neekerejä | |
| illative | neekeriin | neekereihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | neekeri | neekerit | |
| accusative | nom. | neekeri | neekerit |
| gen. | neekerin | ||
| genitive | neekerin | neekerien neekereiden neekereitten | |
| partitive | neekeriä | neekereitä neekerejä | |
| inessive | neekerissä | neekereissä | |
| elative | neekeristä | neekereistä | |
| illative | neekeriin | neekereihin | |
| adessive | neekerillä | neekereillä | |
| ablative | neekeriltä | neekereiltä | |
| allative | neekerille | neekereille | |
| essive | neekerinä | neekereinä | |
| translative | neekeriksi | neekereiksi | |
| instructive | — | neekerein | |
| abessive | neekerittä | neekereittä | |
| comitative | — | neekereineen | |
| Possessive forms of neekeri (type paperi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | neekerini | neekerimme |
| 2nd person | neekerisi | neekerinne |
| 3rd person | neekerinsä | |
Synonyms
- musta (“black”)
- mustaihoinen, tummaihoinen ("dark-skinned")