nuija
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *nuija.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnui̯jɑ/, [ˈnui̯j(ː)ɑ]
- Rhymes: -uijɑ
- Syllabification(key): nui‧ja
Noun
nuija
- club, cudgel (heavy stick intended for use as a weapon)
- luolamiehen nuija ― caveman's club
- mallet (type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material)
- maul (heavy, long-handled hammer)
- bludgeon (short, heavy club, which is thicker or loaded at one end)
- gavel; often also puheenjohtajan nuija (“chairman's gavel”) for clarity (wooden mallet of the chairman of a meeting)
- Hän oli sellainen tuomari, joka heiluttaa nuijaa yhdellä kädellä ja ottaa lahjuksia toisella.
- He was the sort of judge who swings the gavel with one hand and takes bribes with the other.
- (figuratively, idiomatic) kuin nuijalla lyöty (“packed full”)
- Huone oli kuin nuijalla lyöty.
- The room was (absolutely) packed.
- (music) Synonym of malletti (“mallet; small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments”)
- (colloquial) fool, idiot, clod
- Synonyms: ääliö, torvi, pölkkypää, idiootti, hölmö
Declension
| Inflection of nuija (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nuija | nuijat | |
| genitive | nuijan | nuijien | |
| partitive | nuijaa | nuijia | |
| illative | nuijaan | nuijiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nuija | nuijat | |
| accusative | nom. | nuija | nuijat |
| gen. | nuijan | ||
| genitive | nuijan | nuijien nuijainrare | |
| partitive | nuijaa | nuijia | |
| inessive | nuijassa | nuijissa | |
| elative | nuijasta | nuijista | |
| illative | nuijaan | nuijiin | |
| adessive | nuijalla | nuijilla | |
| ablative | nuijalta | nuijilta | |
| allative | nuijalle | nuijille | |
| essive | nuijana | nuijina | |
| translative | nuijaksi | nuijiksi | |
| instructive | — | nuijin | |
| abessive | nuijatta | nuijitta | |
| comitative | — | nuijineen | |
| Possessive forms of nuija (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | nuijani | nuijamme |
| 2nd person | nuijasi | nuijanne |
| 3rd person | nuijansa | |
Derived terms
- broilerinuija
- häntänuija
- krokettinuija
- kuminuija
- lihanuija
- nuijakalastus
- nuijamies
- nuijamyrkkyseitikki
- nuijanukutus
- nuijapää
- nuijasara
- nuijaseitikki
- nuijasota
- pallonuija
- perunanuija
- puunuija
- rautanuija
- turvenuija
Derived terms
- nuijakas
- nuijia
See also
- kolkka
Anagrams
- junia, uijan