nuuska
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish snus (“snuff tobacco”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnuːskɑ/, [ˈnuːs̠kɑ]
- Hyphenation: nuus‧ka
- Rhymes: -uːskɑ
Noun
nuuska
- snuff (tobacco), snus
- (idiomatic) splinters, wreck; together with the adverb tuusan as fortifier used in two expressions:
- olla tuusan nuuskana
- to be totally wrecked
- mennä tuusan nuuskaksi
- to become totally wrecked
- olla tuusan nuuskana
Declension
| Inflection of nuuska (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nuuska | nuuskat | |
| genitive | nuuskan | nuuskien | |
| partitive | nuuskaa | nuuskia | |
| illative | nuuskaan | nuuskiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nuuska | nuuskat | |
| accusative | nom. | nuuska | nuuskat |
| gen. | nuuskan | ||
| genitive | nuuskan | nuuskien nuuskainrare | |
| partitive | nuuskaa | nuuskia | |
| inessive | nuuskassa | nuuskissa | |
| elative | nuuskasta | nuuskista | |
| illative | nuuskaan | nuuskiin | |
| adessive | nuuskalla | nuuskilla | |
| ablative | nuuskalta | nuuskilta | |
| allative | nuuskalle | nuuskille | |
| essive | nuuskana | nuuskina | |
| translative | nuuskaksi | nuuskiksi | |
| instructive | — | nuuskin | |
| abessive | nuuskatta | nuuskitta | |
| comitative | — | nuuskineen | |
Derived terms
- nuuskarasia
- nuuskata
Anagrams
- naksuu