kessu
Finnish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editUnknown. Possibly related to dialectal kessu (“something of poor quality; wretch, poor thing”), which may itself be related to kesseli.
Noun
editkessu
- Homemade/homegrown smoking tobacco (often of low quality) produced from Nicotiana rustica, a species of the tobacco plant.
- Synonyms: palturi, palturitupakka
- (colloquial) cigarette
Declension
editInflection of kessu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kessu | kessut | |
genitive | kessun | kessujen | |
partitive | kessua | kessuja | |
illative | kessuun | kessuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kessu | kessut | |
accusative | nom. | kessu | kessut |
gen. | kessun | ||
genitive | kessun | kessujen | |
partitive | kessua | kessuja | |
inessive | kessussa | kessuissa | |
elative | kessusta | kessuista | |
illative | kessuun | kessuihin | |
adessive | kessulla | kessuilla | |
ablative | kessulta | kessuilta | |
allative | kessulle | kessuille | |
essive | kessuna | kessuina | |
translative | kessuksi | kessuiksi | |
abessive | kessutta | kessuitta | |
instructive | — | kessuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “1. kessu”, 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 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
editClipping of kersantti + -u, also influenced by kessu (etymology 1).
Noun
editkessu
Declension
editInflection of kessu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kessu | kessut | |
genitive | kessun | kessujen | |
partitive | kessua | kessuja | |
illative | kessuun | kessuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kessu | kessut | |
accusative | nom. | kessu | kessut |
gen. | kessun | ||
genitive | kessun | kessujen | |
partitive | kessua | kessuja | |
inessive | kessussa | kessuissa | |
elative | kessusta | kessuista | |
illative | kessuun | kessuihin | |
adessive | kessulla | kessuilla | |
ablative | kessulta | kessuilta | |
allative | kessulle | kessuille | |
essive | kessuna | kessuina | |
translative | kessuksi | kessuiksi | |
abessive | kessutta | kessuitta | |
instructive | — | kessuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
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Further reading
edit- “2. kessu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01