vingerpuss

vingerpuss

Estonian

Etymology

Compound of vinger-, which is derived from vingerdama (“to wiggle”), and -puss, which is loaned from Middle Low German pusse, posse, or German Posse. None of the elements appear independently, except in dialects, where puss can be seen as a separate word.

Noun

vingerpuss (genitive vingerpussi, partitive vingerpussi)

1. prank, practical joke

Declension

Declension of vingerpuss (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	vingerpuss	vingerpussid
genitive	vingerpussi	vingerpusside
partitive	vingerpussi	vingerpusse / vingerpussisid
illative	vingerpussi / vingerpussisse	vingerpussidesse
inessive	vingerpussis	vingerpussides
elative	vingerpussist	vingerpussidest
allative	vingerpussile	vingerpussidele
adessive	vingerpussil	vingerpussidel
ablative	vingerpussilt	vingerpussidelt
translative	vingerpussiks	vingerpussideks
terminative	vingerpussini	vingerpussideni
essive	vingerpussina	vingerpussidena
abessive	vingerpussita	vingerpussideta
comitative	vingerpussiga	vingerpussidega