kessu
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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Unknown. Possibly related to dialectal kessu (“something of poor quality; wretch, poor thing”), which may itself be related to kesseli.
Noun[edit]
kessu
- Homemade/homegrown smoking tobacco (often of low quality) produced from Nicotiana rustica, a species of the tobacco plant.
- Synonyms: palturi, palturitupakka
- (colloquial) cigarette
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kessu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kessu | kessut | ||
genitive | kessun | kessujen | ||
partitive | kessua | kessuja | ||
illative | kessuun | kessuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kessu | kessut | ||
accusative | nom. | kessu | kessut | |
gen. | kessun | |||
genitive | kessun | kessujen | ||
partitive | kessua | kessuja | ||
inessive | kessussa | kessuissa | ||
elative | kessusta | kessuista | ||
illative | kessuun | kessuihin | ||
adessive | kessulla | kessuilla | ||
ablative | kessulta | kessuilta | ||
allative | kessulle | kessuille | ||
essive | kessuna | kessuina | ||
translative | kessuksi | kessuiksi | ||
abessive | kessutta | kessuitta | ||
instructive | — | kessuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “1. kessu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2[edit]
Clipping of kersantti + -u, also influenced by etymology 1.
Noun[edit]
kessu
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kessu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kessu | kessut | ||
genitive | kessun | kessujen | ||
partitive | kessua | kessuja | ||
illative | kessuun | kessuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kessu | kessut | ||
accusative | nom. | kessu | kessut | |
gen. | kessun | |||
genitive | kessun | kessujen | ||
partitive | kessua | kessuja | ||
inessive | kessussa | kessuissa | ||
elative | kessusta | kessuista | ||
illative | kessuun | kessuihin | ||
adessive | kessulla | kessuilla | ||
ablative | kessulta | kessuilta | ||
allative | kessulle | kessuille | ||
essive | kessuna | kessuina | ||
translative | kessuksi | kessuiksi | ||
abessive | kessutta | kessuitta | ||
instructive | — | kessuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading[edit]
- “2. kessu”, 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 2023-07-01