nokivasara
Finnish
Etymology
noki (“soot”) + vasara (“hammer”); from the tendency of the early diesel motors to spew soot around and the knocking sound of the motor.
Noun
nokivasara
- (colloquial, derogatory) diesel motor, diesel engine
- (colloquial, derogatory) diesel car
Declension
| Inflection of nokivasara (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nokivasara | nokivasarat | |
| genitive | nokivasaran | nokivasaroiden nokivasaroitten | |
| partitive | nokivasaraa | nokivasaroita | |
| illative | nokivasaraan | nokivasaroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nokivasara | nokivasarat | |
| accusative | nom. | nokivasara | nokivasarat |
| gen. | nokivasaran | ||
| genitive | nokivasaran | nokivasaroiden nokivasaroitten nokivasarainrare | |
| partitive | nokivasaraa | nokivasaroita | |
| inessive | nokivasarassa | nokivasaroissa | |
| elative | nokivasarasta | nokivasaroista | |
| illative | nokivasaraan | nokivasaroihin | |
| adessive | nokivasaralla | nokivasaroilla | |
| ablative | nokivasaralta | nokivasaroilta | |
| allative | nokivasaralle | nokivasaroille | |
| essive | nokivasarana | nokivasaroina | |
| translative | nokivasaraksi | nokivasaroiksi | |
| instructive | — | nokivasaroin | |
| abessive | nokivasaratta | nokivasaroitta | |
| comitative | — | nokivasaroineen | |
Synonyms
- (diesel car): dieselauto
- (diesel motor): dieselmoottori
Anagrams
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