paukku
Finnish
Etymology
paukkua + -u
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑu̯kːu/, [ˈpɑu̯kːu]
- Rhymes: -ɑukːu
- Syllabification(key): pauk‧ku
Noun
paukku
- (informal) detonation
- bang (abrupt loud noise like that resulting of a detonation)
- shot (measure of alcohol)
- (informal) tipple, booze (any alcoholic drink, often used like a mass noun)
- Lähdetään ottamaan vähän paukkua.
- Let's go and have some booze.
- (informal) A shocking and/or surprising event or item of news.
- Tyttöystävän kaksosraskaus oli hänelle aikamoinen paukku.
- The twin pregnancy of his girlfriend was quite a shock for him.
- (colloquial) fart
- (slang, usually in the plural) joint (marijuana cigarette)
- Poltetaanko paukut?
- How about we smoke a joint?
Declension
| Inflection of paukku (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | paukku | paukut | |
| genitive | paukun | paukkujen | |
| partitive | paukkua | paukkuja | |
| illative | paukkuun | paukkuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | paukku | paukut | |
| accusative | nom. | paukku | paukut |
| gen. | paukun | ||
| genitive | paukun | paukkujen | |
| partitive | paukkua | paukkuja | |
| inessive | paukussa | paukuissa | |
| elative | paukusta | paukuista | |
| illative | paukkuun | paukkuihin | |
| adessive | paukulla | paukuilla | |
| ablative | paukulta | paukuilta | |
| allative | paukulle | paukuille | |
| essive | paukkuna | paukkuina | |
| translative | paukuksi | paukuiksi | |
| instructive | — | paukuin | |
| abessive | paukutta | paukuitta | |
| comitative | — | paukkuineen | |
| Possessive forms of paukku (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | paukkuni | paukkumme |
| 2nd person | paukkusi | paukkunne |
| 3rd person | paukkunsa | |
Synonyms
- (detonation): räjähdys
- (bang): pamaus, paukahdus
- (shot of alcohol): ryyppy
- (shocking event): järkytys
- (fart): pieru
- (joint): bluntti, jointti