muija
Finnish
Etymology
Apparently from dialectal Swedish mója (compare moja sig). First mentioned in a dictionary in 1786 as muuja, in its current form in 1823.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmui̯jːɑ/, [ˈmui̯jːɑ]
- Rhymes: -uijːɑ, -uijɑ
- Hyphenation: mui‧ja
Noun
muija
- (informal, possibly derogatory) young woman, chick
- (informal, possibly derogatory) old woman, woman
- (colloquial) wife, girlfriend
Declension
| Inflection of muija (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | muija | muijat | |
| genitive | muijan | muijien | |
| partitive | muijaa | muijia | |
| illative | muijaan | muijiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | muija | muijat | |
| accusative | nom. | muija | muijat |
| gen. | muijan | ||
| genitive | muijan | muijien muijainrare | |
| partitive | muijaa | muijia | |
| inessive | muijassa | muijissa | |
| elative | muijasta | muijista | |
| illative | muijaan | muijiin | |
| adessive | muijalla | muijilla | |
| ablative | muijalta | muijilta | |
| allative | muijalle | muijille | |
| essive | muijana | muijina | |
| translative | muijaksi | muijiksi | |
| instructive | — | muijin | |
| abessive | muijatta | muijitta | |
| comitative | — | muijineen | |
Compounds
- mustalaismuija
- mökinmuija
- pyykkimuija
- torimuija
- torpanmuija
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish etymological dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
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