mankeli
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Swedish mangel, from German Mangel.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mankeli
- mangle (device with rollers for smoothing flat textiles such as bedsheets, tableclothes)
- (dated) wringer (device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed)
- (informal, dated) credit card imprinter; knuckle-buster, zip-zap machine (mechanical device for imprinting the data embossed on a credit card on a receipt)
- Synonyms: höylä, leimauslaite
- (figuratively) tight spot, dire straits, wringer (difficult situation or process that one has to go through)
- He todella vetivät jokaisen hakijan mankelin läpi ennen valintaa.
- They really put each candidate through the wringer before choosing one to hire.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of mankeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | mankeli | mankelit | ||
genitive | mankelin | mankelien mankeleiden mankeleitten | ||
partitive | mankelia | mankeleita mankeleja | ||
illative | mankeliin | mankeleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | mankeli | mankelit | ||
accusative | nom. | mankeli | mankelit | |
gen. | mankelin | |||
genitive | mankelin | mankelien mankeleiden mankeleitten | ||
partitive | mankelia | mankeleita mankeleja | ||
inessive | mankelissa | mankeleissa | ||
elative | mankelista | mankeleista | ||
illative | mankeliin | mankeleihin | ||
adessive | mankelilla | mankeleilla | ||
ablative | mankelilta | mankeleilta | ||
allative | mankelille | mankeleille | ||
essive | mankelina | mankeleina | ||
translative | mankeliksi | mankeleiksi | ||
abessive | mankelitta | mankeleitta | ||
instructive | — | mankelein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
verbs
- mankeloida (“to mangle”)
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “mankeli”, 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 2023-07-03
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
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- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑŋkeli
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- Finnish paperi-type nominals