sohvaperuna
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
sohva (“couch”) + peruna (“potato”); Calque of English couch potato
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈsohʋɑˌperunɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞xʋɑ̝ˌpe̞runɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -erunɑ
- Syllabification(key): soh‧va‧pe‧ru‧na
Noun[edit]
sohvaperuna
- couch potato, idler, layabout (person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of sohvaperuna (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | sohvaperuna | sohvaperunat | ||
genitive | sohvaperunan | sohvaperunoiden sohvaperunoitten | ||
partitive | sohvaperunaa | sohvaperunoita | ||
illative | sohvaperunaan | sohvaperunoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | sohvaperuna | sohvaperunat | ||
accusative | nom. | sohvaperuna | sohvaperunat | |
gen. | sohvaperunan | |||
genitive | sohvaperunan | sohvaperunoiden sohvaperunoitten sohvaperunain rare | ||
partitive | sohvaperunaa | sohvaperunoita | ||
inessive | sohvaperunassa | sohvaperunoissa | ||
elative | sohvaperunasta | sohvaperunoista | ||
illative | sohvaperunaan | sohvaperunoihin | ||
adessive | sohvaperunalla | sohvaperunoilla | ||
ablative | sohvaperunalta | sohvaperunoilta | ||
allative | sohvaperunalle | sohvaperunoille | ||
essive | sohvaperunana | sohvaperunoina | ||
translative | sohvaperunaksi | sohvaperunoiksi | ||
abessive | sohvaperunatta | sohvaperunoitta | ||
instructive | — | sohvaperunoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “sohvaperuna”, 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