pukari

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish puckare, an old term for a defiant person.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpukɑri/, [ˈpukɑri]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ka‧ri

Noun

pukari

  1. (colloquial) bully, stirrer, troublemaker

Usage notes

Not necessarily colloquial when used in compounds.

Declension

Inflection of pukari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative pukari pukarit
genitive pukarin pukarien
pukareiden
pukareitten
partitive pukaria pukareita
pukareja
illative pukariin pukareihin
singular plural
nominative pukari pukarit
accusative nom. pukari pukarit
gen. pukarin
genitive pukarin pukarien
pukareiden
pukareitten
partitive pukaria pukareita
pukareja
inessive pukarissa pukareissa
elative pukarista pukareista
illative pukariin pukareihin
adessive pukarilla pukareilla
ablative pukarilta pukareilta
allative pukarille pukareille
essive pukarina pukareina
translative pukariksi pukareiksi
instructive pukarein
abessive pukaritta pukareitta
comitative pukareineen

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