pukari
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish puckare, an old term for a defiant person.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpukɑri/, [ˈpukɑri]
- Hyphenation: pu‧ka‧ri
Noun
pukari
- (colloquial) bully, stirrer, troublemaker
Usage notes
Not necessarily colloquial when used in compounds.
Declension
| Inflection of pukari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pukari | pukarit | |
| genitive | pukarin | pukarien pukareiden pukareitten | |
| partitive | pukaria | pukareita pukareja | |
| illative | pukariin | pukareihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pukari | pukarit | |
| accusative | nom. | pukari | pukarit |
| gen. | pukarin | ||
| genitive | pukarin | pukarien pukareiden pukareitten | |
| partitive | pukaria | pukareita pukareja | |
| inessive | pukarissa | pukareissa | |
| elative | pukarista | pukareista | |
| illative | pukariin | pukareihin | |
| adessive | pukarilla | pukareilla | |
| ablative | pukarilta | pukareilta | |
| allative | pukarille | pukareille | |
| essive | pukarina | pukareina | |
| translative | pukariksi | pukareiksi | |
| instructive | — | pukarein | |
| abessive | pukaritta | pukareitta | |
| comitative | — | pukareineen | |
Anagrams
- kupari, pakuri