dollarihymy
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]dollari (“dollar”) + hymy (“smile”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dollarihymy
- a luxurious car, especially an American one
- 1963, Veijo Meri, Peiliin piirretty nainen, page 11:
- Sitten tuli keskustasta vaaleansininen dollarihymy renkaat soiden.
- Then a light blue luxurious American car arrived from downtown with wheels blazing.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of dollarihymy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dollarihymy | dollarihymyt | |
| genitive | dollarihymyn | dollarihymyjen | |
| partitive | dollarihymyä | dollarihymyjä | |
| illative | dollarihymyyn | dollarihymyihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | dollarihymy | dollarihymyt | |
| accusative | nom. | dollarihymy | dollarihymyt |
| gen. | dollarihymyn | ||
| genitive | dollarihymyn | dollarihymyjen | |
| partitive | dollarihymyä | dollarihymyjä | |
| inessive | dollarihymyssä | dollarihymyissä | |
| elative | dollarihymystä | dollarihymyistä | |
| illative | dollarihymyyn | dollarihymyihin | |
| adessive | dollarihymyllä | dollarihymyillä | |
| ablative | dollarihymyltä | dollarihymyiltä | |
| allative | dollarihymylle | dollarihymyille | |
| essive | dollarihymynä | dollarihymyinä | |
| translative | dollarihymyksi | dollarihymyiksi | |
| abessive | dollarihymyttä | dollarihymyittä | |
| instructive | — | dollarihymyin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “dollarihymy”, 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 2023-07-02