maitojuna

Finnish

Etymology

maito +‎ juna

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯toˌjunɑ/, [ˈmɑi̯t̪o̞ˌjunɑ]
  • Hyphenation: mai‧to‧ju‧na

Noun

maitojuna

  1. (literally) milk train
  2. (idiomatic) palata maitojunalla kotiin = to be pushed out, to fail

Declension
Inflection of maitojuna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
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
maitojunainrare
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
instructive — maitojunin
abessive maitojunatta maitojunitta
comitative — maitojunineen
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