neekeri
Finnish
editEtymology
editUntil the second half of the 19th century, this was a direct loan of Swedish neger without adaptation to Finnish phonology, at least in writing, which rarely happens in Finnish. Nevertheless, the form neekeri was no doubt almost immediately used in speaking, long before it was used in writing since Finnish seldom differentiates between voiced and unvoiced plosives and since an /i/ is usually suffixed to foreign words ending in a consonant. The Swedish word came from French nègre.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editneekeri
- (offensive, ethnic slur) nigger (person with dark brown skin)
- (dated, politically incorrect) negro (person of African descent)
- (dated) journalist
- (originally humorous, now politically incorrect) a person who performs hard or menial work
- Kukahan neekeri me saadaan tekemään se?
- Who's the negro you think we'll get to do it?
Usage notes
edit- Although originally non-pejorative, use of this term is now chiefly interpreted as offensive.
Declension
editInflection of neekeri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | neekeri | neekerit | |
genitive | neekerin | neekerien neekereiden neekereitten | |
partitive | neekeriä | neekereitä neekerejä | |
illative | neekeriin | neekereihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | neekeri | neekerit | |
accusative | nom. | neekeri | neekerit |
gen. | neekerin | ||
genitive | neekerin | neekerien neekereiden neekereitten | |
partitive | neekeriä | neekereitä neekerejä | |
inessive | neekerissä | neekereissä | |
elative | neekeristä | neekereistä | |
illative | neekeriin | neekereihin | |
adessive | neekerillä | neekereillä | |
ablative | neekeriltä | neekereiltä | |
allative | neekerille | neekereille | |
essive | neekerinä | neekereinä | |
translative | neekeriksi | neekereiksi | |
abessive | neekerittä | neekereittä | |
instructive | — | neekerein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- musta (“black”)
- mustaihoinen, tummaihoinen (“dark-skinned”)
- nekru (offensive)
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “neekeri”, 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
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from French
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eːkeri
- Rhymes:Finnish/eːkeri/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish offensive terms
- Finnish ethnic slurs
- Finnish dated terms
- Finnish humorous terms
- Finnish terms with usage examples
- Finnish paperi-type nominals