maitojuna
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The origin of the idiomatic meaning (2) comes from military slang: maitojuna was a train responsible for military logistics for a garrison with a Reserve Officer School, and a slang term developed around returning by the train to signify becoming a pushout.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]maitojuna
- (literally) milk train
- (idiomatic) In expressions referring to being pushed out or failing
- palata maitojunalla kotiin ― to be pushed out, to fail
Declension
[edit]Inflection of maitojuna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | maitojuna | maitojunat | ||
genitive | maitojunan | maitojunien | ||
partitive | maitojunaa | maitojunia | ||
illative | maitojunaan | maitojuniin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | maitojuna | maitojunat | ||
accusative | nom. | maitojuna | maitojunat | |
gen. | maitojunan | |||
genitive | maitojunan | maitojunien maitojunain rare | ||
partitive | maitojunaa | maitojunia | ||
inessive | maitojunassa | maitojunissa | ||
elative | maitojunasta | maitojunista | ||
illative | maitojunaan | maitojuniin | ||
adessive | maitojunalla | maitojunilla | ||
ablative | maitojunalta | maitojunilta | ||
allative | maitojunalle | maitojunille | ||
essive | maitojunana | maitojunina | ||
translative | maitojunaksi | maitojuniksi | ||
abessive | maitojunatta | maitojunitta | ||
instructive | — | maitojunin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “maitojuna”, 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 2023-07-03