kossi

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from Swedish gosse.[1]

Noun

kossi

  1. (dialectal) boy
  2. (dialectal) pig
  3. (dialectal) small salmon
  4. (dialectal) scrotum
  5. short dam, usually on both sides of a stream but open in the middle, built to raise the level of water above the dam

Declension
Inflection of kossi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kossi kossit
genitive kossin kossien
partitive kossia kosseja
illative kossiin kosseihin
singular plural
nominative kossi kossit
accusative nom. kossi kossit
gen. kossin
genitive kossin kossien
partitive kossia kosseja
inessive kossissa kosseissa
elative kossista kosseista
illative kossiin kosseihin
adessive kossilla kosseilla
ablative kossilta kosseilta
allative kossille kosseille
essive kossina kosseina
translative kossiksi kosseiksi
instructive — kossein
abessive kossitta kosseitta
comitative — kosseineen

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija (editors). 1992–2000. Suomen sanojen alkuperä ('The Origin of Finnish Words'). Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus/Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. →ISBN.

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