lusmu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A slang variant of luumu. Military conscripts who were exempt of outdoor activities used to wear plum-colored (dark blue/purple) tracksuits, thus "plum" > "lazy person".[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lusmu
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of lusmu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lusmu | lusmut | |
| genitive | lusmun | lusmujen | |
| partitive | lusmua | lusmuja | |
| illative | lusmuun | lusmuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lusmu | lusmut | |
| accusative | nom. | lusmu | lusmut |
| gen. | lusmun | ||
| genitive | lusmun | lusmujen | |
| partitive | lusmua | lusmuja | |
| inessive | lusmussa | lusmuissa | |
| elative | lusmusta | lusmuista | |
| illative | lusmuun | lusmuihin | |
| adessive | lusmulla | lusmuilla | |
| ablative | lusmulta | lusmuilta | |
| allative | lusmulle | lusmuille | |
| essive | lusmuna | lusmuina | |
| translative | lusmuksi | lusmuiksi | |
| abessive | lusmutta | lusmuitta | |
| instructive | — | lusmuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSES 2021"), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “lusmu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03