vanupuikko
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
vanu (“cotton”) + puikko (“stick”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vanupuikko
- cotton swab, cotton stick, Q-tip (US); cotton wool bud, cotton bud, ear bud (UK)
Usage notes[edit]
This is the term preferred in publications, trade catalogues and such. In common language the term pumpulipuikko is often used.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of vanupuikko (Kotus type 1*A/valo, kk-k gradation) | ||||
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nominative | vanupuikko | vanupuikot | ||
genitive | vanupuikon | vanupuikkojen | ||
partitive | vanupuikkoa | vanupuikkoja | ||
illative | vanupuikkoon | vanupuikkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | vanupuikko | vanupuikot | ||
accusative | nom. | vanupuikko | vanupuikot | |
gen. | vanupuikon | |||
genitive | vanupuikon | vanupuikkojen | ||
partitive | vanupuikkoa | vanupuikkoja | ||
inessive | vanupuikossa | vanupuikoissa | ||
elative | vanupuikosta | vanupuikoista | ||
illative | vanupuikkoon | vanupuikkoihin | ||
adessive | vanupuikolla | vanupuikoilla | ||
ablative | vanupuikolta | vanupuikoilta | ||
allative | vanupuikolle | vanupuikoille | ||
essive | vanupuikkona | vanupuikkoina | ||
translative | vanupuikoksi | vanupuikoiksi | ||
abessive | vanupuikotta | vanupuikoitta | ||
instructive | — | vanupuikoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “vanupuikko”, 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 2023-07-04